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Mullum locals hold Non-toxic weed steaming vigil for refugees trials begin A snap candlelight vigil for refugees on Sunday night drew more than one hundred Mullumbimby locals, and they were just some of the thousands who assembled in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Hobart. Co-organisers Nicolette Jackson and Rita Youssef-Price explained, ‘We organised it to remember Reza Berati, an Iranian asylum seeker who died after a horrific, violent attack this week on Manus Island, which also left 77 other asylum seekers injured.’

Inhumane policy ‘We heard about this nationwide initiative and felt strongly compelled to organise something in our town. ‘We lit candles and took a few moments to honour Reza and all the other asylum seekers who have suffered and died as a consequence – either directly or indirectly – of our government’s inhumane immigration policies. ‘We are appalled by what is occurring, and we feel let down by

political leaders on both sides for turning this issue into a means to win votes by a race to the bottom. ‘These cruel asylum policies do not speak for Australia.’

Censorship at an unprecedented level GetUp’s national director Sam Mclean added, ‘Across the country, people lit candles on Sunday night for those who’ve lost their lives and suffered in our care. ‘The truth is we just don’t know what’s happening in these detention centres. The government’s effectively shut off the lights, taking censorship to an unprecedented level,’ he said. ‘We need a truly independent inquiry into this tragedy and proper public scrutiny of these places,’ said Mr Mclean. GetUp co-ordinated the vigils with groups including Amnesty International, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, the Refugee Action Coalition and others.

Not in our name: residents from Mullum came together Sunday to pay respect to those suffering at the hands of the current government.

Keep your toxic sprays away from our kids, Monsanto! It’s Paul to the rescue. Photo Jeff ‘Weeded Out’ Dawson Hans Lovejoy

Chemical-free weed control has come to Byron and soon you may be seeing this chap steaming roadside weeds, carparks, playgrounds and estates around the Shire. It’s all thanks to an Aussie patent, which gives just the right heat to a spray nozzle to kill weeds. And remarkably the weeds are mostly eradicated after a second application. Local property maintenance business operator Paul Sommers, from Garden Warriors, is the north coast licensee for Australian company WeedTechnics, and has partnered with Byron Shire Council to trial it on open spaces. The new venture is called Steam Weeders, and his rounds will include Mullum’s new Tallowood Estate and various parks and playgrounds. Sommers said he was compelled to look for alternatives to herbicide use after public concern about their widespread use.

While the proliferation of herbicide use is a concern that mainstream media has largely ignored, it was the subject of a 2012 University of Leipzig study which found 100 per cent contamination of Monsanto’s glysophate in all urine samples tested. Additionally glysophate exposure in rats resulted in decreased testosterone levels, according to a 2011 paper published by the US National Center for Biotechnology Information (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov).

Redundant chemicals ‘It makes chemical use – especially around public places – almost redundant,’ says Sommers. ‘There’s no risk of litigation due to toxic spray drift, and it can be used in all weather conditions. ‘It also gives native plants a chance to grow after the weeds have been eradicated. It’s perfect for rehabilitating weed-infested waterways and organic farms as well.’ Council’s parks and gardens su-

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perintendent, Andy Erskine, is supportive of initial trials, saying applications last month at the Suffolk Park sports field carpark appeared to work well. ‘From initial observations, certain weed types such as flat and broadleaf, fit best under the applicator hood and are immediately burnt back.’ The robust invention all sits on a trailer – a diesel engine heats up a water boiler to 120ºC; that is attached to a specially designed ‘Steamwand’. The WeedTechnics website claims that, ‘for hydro-thermal weeding to be commercially viable, temperatures need to be greater than 98°C, and must have rapid transfer into the plant cells.’ Sommers enthuses, ‘Hybrid and fully electric vehicles incorporating the invention are being developed and some were on display at a recent trade show.’ And it’s also not the first time Byron has had the WeedTechnics continued on page 2

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technology available: in 2011 a local steam weeding business launched; however, the owner relocated to WA soon after. But it is a first for Byron Council – the trial supports an ambitious resolution back in late November 2013 to be chemical free within five years. Byron has now joined other councils in trialling chemical-free weed control, including Victorian councils of Maroondah, Yarra and

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Greater Dandenong. Fremantle (WA) and Leichhardt (NSW) have such programs in place already. To be included on the Register of Chemical Sensitive Residents and Organic Growers, visit www.byron. nsw.gov.au/register-of-chemical-sensitive-residents-andorganic-growers. For FAQ on steam weeding, visit www.weedtechnics. com and to get your greens steamed, call Paul on 0431 331 810.

Time to clean up your ’hood Residents of, and visitors to Byron Bay are invited to help clean up the environment on Sunday March 2, Clean Up Australia Day. National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) will continue its involvement with the ‘Clean Up’ campaign, and will be organising a cleanup of the Cumbebin Swamp Nature Reserve. NPWS ranger Nigel Stewart said volunteers are urged to come out and help clean up plastic debris, bottles and cigarette butts that accumulate on the reserve.

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Juud and Susan Gourley noticed that, when you have a good look around, there is a whole lot of litter scattered in our streets, drains and waterways. So they grabbed some recycled bags and picked up this pile. They say, ‘It was actually a whole lot of fun and very rewarding to see how quickly it looked respectful and pretty again. Council kindly picked up 16 big bags, plus a fair amount of old timber, and even a few tyres. Topping the list found in Belongil Creek: plastic bottletops, bits of polystyrene foam, small disposable tomato sauce containers, bottles (plastic and glass), thongs and lighters. Our message: if we can do it, so can you. Team up with a friend, or a neighbour, and transform your ’hood in a matter of hours. It put smiles on our faces!’ Photo Caroline Fisher

volunteer a few hours to cleaning up Cumbebin just turn up on the day with gloves, a hat, sturdy shoes, sunglasses and sunscreen and register as a volunteer.’ NPWS Joint Management Committee chairperson Delta Kay said Cumbebin Swamp Nature Reserve is a new addition created through the

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A much-anticipated protest against the current Abbott government and its draconian polices have hit a local bureaucratic snag. The Byron Bay organisers of the planned March in March say they are the victim of stalling tactics from Byron Council that are aimed to extract money. The weekend of marches is planned from March 15 to 17 across the nation. But Byron Shire Council’s director of infrastructure services, Phil Holloway, told The Echo Council’sroad closure process for events and marches ‘includes a fee for road closures which is set each year as part of the Council’s fees and charges.’ ‘The fee was paid at the time the road application was lodged and the application was considered by the Local Traffic Committee (LTC) on February 5, which recommended approval subject to conditions.’ The ultimate decision, according to Mr Holloway,

comes down to councillors, not staff, and the issue will be voted on at Thursday’s meeting. ‘The Council administration cannot waive fees. The matter has been brought to the attention of Council and they will consider approval for the road closure permit and fees associated with the march at the meeting this week.’ But organiser Kim Wright told The Echo, ‘We are not an event. This sounds pedantic, but it has legal implications. ‘We are a public assembly – a public protest, which is totally different. About 60,000 people protested Sunday night in all capital cities over the death of the young man in Manus… did they have to pay insurance, fees, application costs? I think not. ‘Our biggest mistake was trying to do the right thing and involve Council.’ If all is resolved, the march will commence Sunday March 16, starting at 11am on Bay Street and will head to Railway Park. MC Mandy Nolan and other locals will speak. For more visit marchinmarch.com.au.

Indigenous Land Use Agreement: ‘We are appreciative of the efforts from the local community in looking after our reserves.’ Volunteers can meet the site coordinator Lee Middleton at the Woolworths service station, corner of Shirley and Kendall Streets, on Sunday March 2 at 8.45am. Rubbish

bags are supplied. The cleanup will run from 9am to 12 noon. For further information contact Ranger Lee Middleton on 6620 9300 or email cape.byron@environment. nsw.gov.au. Keep an eye on Byron Council’s website byron.nsw. gov.au for further cleanup activities.

Happy 100th Jean!

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The hundredth birthday celebration for long-time Brunswick Heads resident Jean Godden (nee Mortimer) was held at Brunswick Heads Bowling Club last Saturday, a joyous occasion with loved ones from near and far. Jean was born on February 16, 1914 to Rose and Victor Mortimer. Jean went to school at both Brunswick Heads Public School and Mullumbimby High School and has many fond memories of the way Brunswick was in those times. During her many years in Brunswick, Jean was involved with the CWA, Garden Club, RSL Ladies Auxiliary and View Club. She and her late husband Stuart built and

operated for many years the Palm Court Holiday Accommodation in Fingal St and the building remains today. Jean also enjoyed tennis and bowls in her younger years and was an excellent craftswoman donating many items to charity. Technology was one of the major changes in her life, household appliances in particular. The hardest periods for her were the Great Depression years and the period of WWII. Jean says the best of times was the early 60s when she returned to Brunswick Heads from Newcastle to build and operate Palm Court accommodation, which was very successful for many years. On Jean’s bucket list is to live to 101.

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Local News SNAP! offers prizes for young photographers Bangalow Hardware Now in its sixth year, SNAP! is a photography competition open to young photographers aged from 12 to 24, who live, work or study in the northern rivers. The Byron Youth Service (BYS) is currently accepting entries into this free competition, which will culminate in a public exhibition at the Youth Activity Centre on Thursday April 3, the beginning of Youth Week. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s SNAP! theme is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Beauty & The Beastâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, which reflects images of the wonderful world we live in, be it good or bad. Over $2,000 will be available across nine categories, including a Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice Award worth $1,000. Young people will also have the opportunity to sell their work through the exhibition. SNAP! has prize sections donated by local businesses for winners and highly commended in four

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Highway accident puts three in hospital Police are appealing for public assistance following a serious crash near Byron Bay that has left three people in hospital. About 1.30pm on Wednesday, a Volvo car carrying semi-trailer was travelling south on the Pacific Highway at Ewingsdale when it crossed to the wrong side of the road. The Volvo hit a Kenworth semi-trailer, before colliding with a Mitsubishi ASX and a Holden Astra. The 42-year-old male Volvo car carrier driver was taken to Gold Coast Hospital with suspected leg and hip

fractures, and Police Rescue and Brunswick Valley VRA had to free the driver. The 70-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi and his 64-year-old female passenger were taken to Tweed Heads Hospital. The woman is in a critical condition and the man has

fractured ribs. Northbound traffic was initially diverted via Myocum Road but was turned back when a road roller fell off the back of a truck. The truck had taken the diversion despite an RMS warning that it was for light vehicles only. Vehicles travelling north

were then required to use the southbound lanes of the highway north of Ewingsdale Road, while southbound traffic was diverted onto the Old Pacific Highway, rejoining the main highway at the Ewingsdale Road roundabout. At 5.30pm, Ewingsdale Road was in a virtual state of gridlock both in and out of Byron Bay. Southbound highway traffic was banked up to Gulgan Road and northbound traffic to the top of St Helena. It was only around midnight that the highway flow returned to normal.

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In the wake of the tragic death of local man Michael Pinkerton, a petition has been established to lower the speed limit on Ewingsdale Road to 60km/h. Mr Pinkerton died on his bicycle after being hit by a vehicle while crossing the road last week. The petition is at www.communityrun.org/petitions/safe-speed-for-byron.

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Local News Search for swimmer at IQ The search for a missing swimmer continued Monday at The Island Quarry (IQ) swimming hole on Ewingsdale Road. The 20-year-old Victorian man disappeared while swimming with friends on Sunday and the search was called off when night fell. Police from Tweed/Byron Local Area Command have secured the area and will continue to search for the man in the quarry and surrounding areas, with the assistance of police divers attached to the Marine Area Command.

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Planning for future water security Maurie Maher’s shed on the road near the Mullum Golf Course had a spot of free-range art recently. But considering the quality, perhaps some art classes might help? Maurie says the shed was also recently broken into and equipment stolen. He’s offering a reward, so anyone with info please call him on 0419 668 422. Photo Jeff ‘Taste Is The Enemy Of Art’ Dawson

Enviro cred under attack by staff: Morrisey A former Byron councillor is warning that Council’s ‘environmental credibility’ is under threat after staff suggested utilising $155,000 from Council’s environmental levy to cover the budget shortfall for Manfred Street rockworks. The issue will be debated at this Thursday’s meeting. Dr Patrick Morrisey, now based in Sydney, told The Echo, ‘The hard fought for and critically important environmental levy, which funds valuable initiatives right across the whole shire such as the Koala Plan of

Management, is proposed to be raided to fund placing rocks on Belongil Beach’. The contentious decision to build rock walls along Belongil Beach will no doubt benefit residents who are under the threat of erosion as well as public lands and roads under Council management. Construction company Baulderstone, who are building the Tintenbar to Ewingsdale Pacific Highway upgrade, have offered the rocks. Cr Di Woods told The Echo, ‘I would support the

work on the rock wall and we have to find funds from wherever we can to get it done.’ ‘However, I would look to repay the funds from the sale and/or lease of property as we raise funds from our excess land in the Byron Area. There is a proposal currently on the Bayshore Drive land, and if we are not successful with that venture, we could look to sell that land which would bring in substantial funds.’ Mayor Simon Richardson simply told The Echo he won’t support the recommendation.

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Goodman takes on Tweed MP Provest Hans Lovejoy & Luis Feliu

The newly anointed NSW Labor candidate for Tweed, Ron Goodman, wasted no time in trying to wedge incumbent MP Geoff Provest (Nationals) over a paid parking proposal for Tweed Hospital. Goodman is demanding that details be released and wants an explanation to why there has been no public consultation. Mr Goodman said, ‘It is an arrogant money grabbing exercise by the Nationals and shows how out of touch they have become. Patients – many of them elderly – and their families have to drive and they will now have to pay for parking. They will have no choice.’ Until recently Goodman, 41, was the editor of www. mydailynews.com.au (APN) and before that worked at Quest newspapers (Newscorp) in Brisbane for ten years. When asked what he thought were Labor’s weaknesses, Goodman laughed said he ‘wouldn’t buy into that,’ but said that he wanted to contribute to the party to make it better and believed strongly in

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their core values. Goodman will contest Provest’s seat of Tweed in the upcoming 2015 NSW election.

Provest ignored by A Stoner It comes as a Tweed residents’ group were recently snubbed by NSW Nationals leader Andrew Stoner despite a request by Provest for them to meet. Dubbed Save Lot 490, the group has amassed more than 10,000 signatures and is petitioning the government to save a 40-hectare block between Kingscliff and Salt from development. It’s one of the last remaining

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blocks of coastal land on the Tweed and has been the subject of a public campaign for years. Save Lot 490 group’s Jerry Cornford told The Echo that despite Provest trying to arrange a meeting with the group and Nationals leader Andrew Stoner when he was in Tweed recently, the minister’s staff said he was ‘too busy’. The Echo reported at the time that no details of Mr Stoner’s visit were made available. Last year the embattled Leightons Property group pulled the pin on a proposed resort project earmarked for the site, handing it back to the state government. But in a controversial move, the state government changed the block’s status from Crown land to ‘government property’, which the site’s defenders saw as preparing it for sale. Lot 490 was also the site of a rare species of orchid, Geodorum Densiflorum, destroyed by a fire police believe was deliberately lit in July last year, only two weeks after staff had collected seeds and sent them to the Millennium Seed Project at Royal Kew Gardens in the UK.

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Local News SAE’s Indie 101 workshops February 26 Independent musicians, promoters, producers, publicists and artists are all invited to Indie 101 at the SAE College on Ewingsdale Rd this Wednesday from 7pm. It’s the fourth in a series of forum discussions and workshops and is aimed at creating sustainable careers within the local independent industry. This month’s panelists include musician Susanna Carman, producer James Lyall, designer Lawrence Eastland and guest band is local electronic duo Ara Biota. Spaces are limited, so email info@draggingcanoerecords.com.au to secure your spot.

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Aussies Against Fracking held a gig at Bentley Hall near Lismore on Saturday night to highlight their opposition to an impending exploratory

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Byron, OS, Suffolk Park to get improved internet, but no joy for Skennars Head Infrastructure to improve internet connections has been upgraded for residents and businesses in Ocean Shores, Suffolk Park and Byron Bay, and Telstra claims this will result in higher internet speeds for ADSL services. The boost will give access to services that were previously unavailable, says Telstra Country Wide area general manager for north coast NSW, Sue Passmore. That includes digital TV through Telstra’s TBox and Telstra’s new Digital Office Technology (DOT). ‘The existing infrastructure in the local exchange was struggling to meet the demand in Ocean Shores, Suffolk Park and Byron Bay for fast internet at certain times. We’re very excited that this upgrade will allow many of our customers to have a more consistent speed experience when using their ADSL service, either at home or at work,’ Ms Passmore said. ‘There may be some individual reasons customers still do not get the internet speeds they expect from their service.

These include a customer’s distance from the exchange, their own equipment and whether or not they are served by the specific parts of the exchange that have received an upgrade.’

Skennars ignored Meanwhile, there is still no broadband coverage in Skennars Head nor any promises from Telstra to deliver to all of these 300 homes, says resident John Bortolin. ‘Telstra contact us at least once a year promising we can now get ADSL,’ said John. ‘Every time we tell them that we can’t. ‘I went through the entire process of signing up with them for ADSL only to be let down because nothing had changed. That ridiculous process included a plan change, hardware sent in the post to be set up, the connection failing as the service has never been available, packing up all the hardware and sending the equipment back again. And then having to go through the process of fixing the phone plans back to the way they were before!’

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Steve Bisley: a man of letters Mandy Nolan

The most complex and far reaching relationships we have can be with our parents. The joy, the love, the gratitude, the sadness, the pain, the confessions, the imperfection, the hurt and the outrage are all emotions carried into our daily lives, and are often never communicated clearly to our paternal figures. Australian actor and writer, and now Byron Shire resident, Steve Bisley, knows how to plumb the emotional depths to

tell a ‘real’ story. And that is exactly what he is doing with a unique show simply entitled Hi Dad Hi Mum, featuring six local men and six local women reading letters they have written to their parents. ‘It was an idea that came out of a number of letters I received after releasing Stillways,’ says Bisley. ‘People came up at book signings and they wanted to talk about their parents. Moving here [Byron Shire], I was reminded that I come from a small community and I live in a small community

and it’s a great chance to give people a chance to tell their story in letter form.’ Bisley is quick to point out that although this is a show curated by a performer, the letter writers themselves are not performers. He believes this is what will make the show more powerful – these are real sentiments being shared in the public domain. ‘These are personal stories,’ says Bisley. ‘I’ve told the writers that it could get very emotional and not to be surprised when they are writing as well. I think it’s a very empowering process – for the writer/readers and for the audience.’ See it Sunday at the Bangalow Bowlo from 3pm. Tickets are at the door or online through www.bangalowbowlo.com.au.

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and events. It is therefore beneficial to Council to have its own set of data, over a few years, from which to judge the noise issue and with which to compare other noise monitoring testing.’ While no funds have been identified for the project, Council staff say they have been quoted $6,900 plus GST per event. In a letter to Council on November 8 last year, the Department of Planning and Infrastructure’s Chris Ritchie

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wrote, ‘I note you have requested to be provided with a copy of the department’s site visit report from the 2013 [Splendour In The Grass] SITG event. The report prepared by the departmental officer attending the event was prepared for internal information only, therefore I am unable to make this available to Council.’ When The Echo questioned the secrecy, the department’s media spokesperson said the officer who attended the 2013 Splendour in the Grass Festival did not prepare a formal ‘site visit report’. ‘The “report” referred to in the letter to Byron Shire Council refers to informal, internal notes that are not appropriate to release publicly.’

Venezuela struggles in post-socialist chaos Protests against the social democratic government in Venezuela have intensified in recent weeks with the deaths of seven students and the jailing of the opposition leader in the capital Caracas. Venezuelan-born Fransicso, now a Byron Bay resident, told The Echo, ‘the crackdown has seen all media being bought by the government and the public are largely unaware of the chaos.’ He says the government started shutting down all the TV channels around 2006 and later bought out the remaining two channels. ‘We only know what’s going on through social media,’ he said. He said he has been involved with

student movements since he was 17 and is still in touch with those students back in Venezuela. ‘One hundred and fifty are missing and they could be in jail or dead,’ he said. ‘The government have shut down internet and water in parts of the country, and it’s hard to get sugar, milk, bread, rice and toilet paper.’

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No water, no life It was good to hear rain on the roof, albeit not much, on Monday morning. When your water supply comes from rainwater tanks, you keep a keen eye on the level. Likewise the regional water supply authority, Rous Water, keeps its eye on the levels and on possible future needs. As of last Monday Rocky Creek Dam was 73 per cent full, which is pretty good considering the recent dry weeks and the impact of visitors on the supply over the summer months. But according to Rous Water’s predictions – based on climate change, reduced rainfall patterns and population growth – ‘by around 2024, demand for water will match what current sources can reliably supply’. So the authority has embarked on a Future Water Strategy, which proposes more emphasis on demand management, investigating water re-use as a further source, and, most controversially, investigating increased use of groundwater. (Emotions run high on possible impacts on our groundwater, as can be seen this week in Sharon Shostak’s video report on fracking on Echonetdaily echo.net.au.) According to a report associated with the strategy, average water savings as a result of rainwater tank installation in the Rous Water supply area are calculated at 50 kilolitres per house a year. That figure could be upped, I reckon, but it won’t take care of all the demand. Public feedback on the draft strategy closes April 11. You can read the document at www.rouswater.nsw.gov.au and comment to water@rouswater.nsw.gov.au. You could also comment to Byron councillors on the Rous Water board – its deputy chair Cr Diane Woods (0418 654 388/diane.woods@cr.byron.nsw.gov.au) and hydrologist Cr Duncan Dey (6684 5440/duncan.dey@cr.byron. nsw.gov.au), so they understand that their constituents also care about this important issue. Michael McDonald

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o now the Chinese have joined the international chorus of condemnation of Australia’s policy on asylum seekers. It would be easy to brush this aside with talk of pots and kettles, to point to Beijing’s ruthless repatriation of desperate escapees from North Korea. But while doing so is entirely legitimate, it ducks the real issue: the criticisms undoubtedly have substance. It is no longer seriously denied that the policies of successive governments have breached Australia’s obligations under the United Nations Convention on Refugees, or that human rights of the asylum seekers in detention, especially in the offshore gulags of Nauru and Manus Island, are being abused. And, as the tragic events of the last week have made abundantly clear, the debate is no longer just about legality or even politics; it has become a question of basic morality. In a sense it always has been; since Paul Keating first implemented the policy of mandatory detention, opponents of the increasingly draconian measures used to deter the boat people have argued that they cruel and inhumane. But by and large the objections have been dismissed as impractical idealism and the protesters derided as do-gooders and bleeding hearts. Morality seldom intrudes on realpolitik, except when the onanists of the fundamentalist religious lobby get hot and sweaty over matters such as abortion and gay marriage. When it comes to dealing with the more immediate concerns of the voters, toughness is seen as a positive virtue, and mercy and compassion as weakness to be avoided at all costs. The current supreme commander of our borders, Scott

Morrison, insists that his religious faith has taught him the value of kindness, justice and righteousness, but he adds immediately: ‘The bible is not a policy handbook’ The sermon on the mount may be all very uplifting in its place, but government has to deal with harsh reality. One of the few politicians who does accord morality a wider role in everyday life is Kevin Rudd, and he designed the Papua-New Guinea solution in the full knowledge of the ethical dilemma it involved.

in the melee of last week has meant that the unintended consequences of the policies can no longer be ignored. If the Manus Island solution ever was sustainable, it is not so any longer. The antipathy between the locals and the inmates has passed the point of no return. The asylum seekers, having been informed that they have no chance of asylum in Australia and therefore nothing left to lose, will continue to rebel and the islanders, resentful of the

Human rights in the offshore gulags of Nauru and Manus Island are being abused. by Mungo MacCallum As he tells it, the imperative was to end the drownings at sea, and to achieve this end, any means could be justified. If asylum seekers were so desperate that they were prepared to risk the leaky boats in the hope of salvation, then that hope had to be removed: it had to be made clear that the end of their voyage, if they achieved it, would be as bad as, if not worse than, the beginning. Manus would be a hell on Earth; even the camps of Indonesia would be preferable. And of course the Jesuitical Tony Abbott has embraced the principle with enthusiasm, although in public his reasoning has been rather less complex than Rudd’s: Abbott’s slogan has always been Stop The Boats, not End The Drownings. And the public, uninterested in splitting moral hairs, has generally been happy to endorse any measures taken by either side, as long as they work. At least it has up till now. But the death of one man and the injuries to scores of others

incursion of those who insult them personally and denigrate their culture, will be a continuous hostile presence, their anger enhanced by the more generous payment and treatment of outsiders employed by the government, even – or perhaps especially – if many of them are their fellow countrymen from other wontok clans. There have been reports of clashes between local employees and the PNG police as a result, with the detainees caught in the middle. Papua New Guinea has always been a volatile mix, impossible to control from a central government; the extra elements added on Manus Island have put it into meltdown. The outsourcing has not absolved the Australian government of ultimate responsibility for the breakdown. Canberra, through the responsible minister Scott Morrison, still has a legal and moral duty to care for those in its charge, and if he cannot fulfil that duty under the present policy, he will have

to adapt the policy until he can. Abbott can bluster all he likes about not succumbing to pressure and moral blackmail but we are no longer talking theoretical abstracts and hypothetical outcomes, but actual events. One man is dead, and as things stand, more deaths, injuries and general mayhem are inevitable. Confronted with another death recently, an Indian student who hanged himself in a detention centre as he faced deportation for overstaying a visa, Morrison shrugged it off: asked by the ABC’s Barrie Cassidy if anything could have been done to prevent the suicide, he quipped: ‘Could he have avoided overstaying his visa?’ Very droll, minister, but the situation has gone a little beyond that point. If Morrison does not recognise it, there are signs that some of the military, who have been conscripted to his command, are starting to feel a little uncomfortable; after all, they did not don the uniform to round up the helpless and innocent for incarceration in life-threatening concentration camps. The defence forces chief General David Hurley, the head of the navy Admiral Ray Griggs and of course Morrison’s personal C-in-C, Lieutenant General Angus Campbell, have all been forced to make personal appearances in the last couple of weeks to defend the actions of those under their command. And they have not looked happy. Perhaps they even thought of another interrogation, a more formal one; one in which the response ‘I was only obeying orders’ was dismissed as totally inadequate. When the full history of these troubled times is written, its verdict may be a harsh one. Q See Mungo’s video at

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Have input on local koalasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; future The Department of Planning and Infrastructure (DPI) must go back to the drawing board with their extravagant West Byron development to make it consistent with Byron Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s draft Byron Coast Comprehensive Koala Plan of Management (PoM). The koala PoM requires the protection of core koala habitat, whereas the DPI is proposing to clear 4.6ha of the 12.8ha of core koala habitat identified on West Byron. The koala PoM requires the establishment of 50m buffers around core koala habitat within which minimal devel-

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Less than a week before Michael Pinkerton was struck and killed by a ute crossing Ewingsdale Road at Sunrise Boulevard, I lamented that someone would have to die at that crossing before the speed limit would be changed. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve watched the speed limit on Ewingsdale Road gain at least a semblance of sanity over the last decade. From 100 to a more sensible 80, then to 60 in a couple of places. But why we need a 60 zone opposite OziGo and not at the bicycle crossing/Sunrise Boulevard intersection used by almost all Sunrise

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opment is allowed, whereas the DPI is proposing intensive development in 21ha (70 per cent) of the required koala buffers on West Byron. The koala PoM requires that the key koala link that passes through the east of the site be protected and enhanced; the DPI is proposing intense development in parts of it. The koala PoM requires that development control plans in koala areas include measures to limit car speeds, exclude dogs, and adopt koala-friendly fencing and swimming pool guidelines;

the DPIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan does nothing for koalas. While Byron Shire Council would be legally required to abide by the koala PoM if they were rezoning the site, the minister for planning is exempt from such laws and can ignore them. This is where our local member Don Page comes in. Over two years ago he promised the people of Byron Shire that he would ensure that a koala PoM would be prepared before West Byron was developed. Now that Council has almost finalised a koala PoM the question is whether Don

will make the DPI revise its grandiose plans to ensure the koala PoM is implemented at West Byron and that Byronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s koalas are given a chance to survive. Given that our federal member Justine Elliot also has legal obligations for koalas, I urge her to bring federal pressure to bear. Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s koala PoM is open for submissions until the March 21. If you care for the future of your koalas, now is the time to show your support for them: www.byron.nsw.gov. au/koalas-in-byron-shire. Dailan Pugh Byron Bay

residents and caravan park guests is completely baffling. Eighty is a dangerously high speed limit for a bicycle crossing and residential intersection and I fear more people will be needlessly injured or killed until it is changed. I have no way of knowing if a more sensible speed limit could have prevented Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death. But perhaps a change will prevent future tragedies. P Gray Sunrise

and thorough knowledge of the road to be able to determine the correct speed to use to travel upon it. I suggest we start to lobby Council before we have a fatality on our hands. It worked for the residents of Rosebank who, like us, felt 100kmh on their roads was far too fast for a country road and now have 80kmh speed limits. Lois Vickery-Hall Coorabell

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Q Irena Tennant, you are not a silly old fool (Letters, February 18). I too live on that road and cannot believe the stupidity of drivers and how fast they go. I have been overtaken on bends, almost run off the road and basically made to feel like I am in the wrong for going the speed limit. I feel that the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;open speed limitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sign at the beginning of the road has a lot to do with the problem. It implies that the driver has the intelligence

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Imaginary theft Readers are now aware that a district court judge has over turned a conviction for ‘disposing of stolen goods’ found against community activist Michele Grant. This result was always a good bet considering the sheer incongruity of the charge but the process itself has proved both expensive and stressful and you don’t get your money back for being innocent. One is left to ponder the who and why of the prosecutorial process. The original action was initiated by local police three months after the actual event but the origin of any complaint remains obscure. Ms Grant’s counter-request that police pursue an action against the caravan park operators for blocking a public road was ignored. Considering that the charge was ‘disposing’, the question has always been who actually ‘stole’ the barriers to make them available for ‘disposal’ – presumably none of the dozen or so activists of which Ms Grant was the only one to enjoy police attention. The matter of ownership of the goods was an issue as they needed to belong to the park to sustain the charge. With most including the council staff thinking they

belonged to Council, there was a problem. Rather fortuitously the caravan park manager recalled a driver who he said had delivered them to the park from a northern company destination – the magistrate adopted this version despite the driver not being called to testify. Months later Judge Wells of the District Court took three minutes to say ‘wrong charge, conviction overturned’. Tom Tabart Bangalow

Refugee shame We would all have seen the news that a refugee has been killed while in detention and that the Department of Immigration has released personal details of thousands of refugees, thereby exposing them and their families back home to torture, imprisonment and murder. In spite of the government’s attempts at secrecy, news is leaking out about a department in dysfunctional lockdown. Nothing is being processed properly. Department policy has led to hunger strikes, self-harm, and imprisonment of over 1,000 children, which has caused the AMA to seek child protection charges against Minister Morrison. Over 20,000 poor souls are now in limbo with no hope of settlement or chance to go home. Australia completely dishonours its responsibilities under the refugee treaties it signed and has become a sad joke among other democracies. Australia has the most vicious and draconian policies of all. This is while having the most capacity to accommodate unfortunate refugees. Recent arrivals are given no assistance, legal aid, chance of work, hope of family reunion, and face forced repatriation. This is in spite of over 90 per cent of arrivals being shown to be genuine refugees. Medical care has to come from the Red Cross. Liberal policy is largely supported by Labor so it is the responsibility of the Greens and independent press, such as The Echo, to keep us informed. Or are we to try, like postwar Germans, to pretend we didn’t know and hypocritically keep trying to believe in the Australian national anthem: ‘For those who’ve come across the seas/ We’ve boundless plains to share.’ Ron Priestley Darwin

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Environmental levy under threat Q Byron Shire’s cherished Environmental Levy is under threat. The rush to build a rock wall at Belongil has already seen $300,000 diverted to this ill-considered project. Now Environmental Levy funds of $300,000 or more are proposed to be raided. Environmental Levy funds are raised as a special rate variation with ministerial approval specifically for environmental works. As such,

any use of these funds for other types of works would be a major breach of faith with ratepayers and outside the terms of the original approval. The community is already being shortchanged by this project in many ways by preempting the outcome of the Coastal Zone Management Plan due for completion mid-year. Not only will this prejudice community consultation over all possible options for

Telecommunications have been doing the rounds of the Shire’s hinterland recently. They are here to promote the National Broadband Network and the government’s plan to build towers to spread fixed wireless broadband networks instead of underground fibre optic cable to our homes, or ‘to the node’. These towers will emit radio frequency electromagnetic energy (RF EME). There is a plan to build one on Red Hill in The Pocket on private land. Many people have grave fears about the effects of RF EME on our bodies as we have seen recently with the opposition to wi-fi within the Mullum CBD. I don’t know if this is common knowledge to folk living in The Pocket, Billinudgel and Main Arm, but we already have a fibre optic cable underground. It goes up Main Arm Road to Main Arm Upper School and down the Pocket Rd to Billinudgel. It was installed years ago, long before Kevin and Julia came up with NBNCo. So why can’t the fibre be extended up the Main Arm valley, including Palmwoods, and connected to the nodes of our Telstra phone lines? The same could be done in The Pocket all the way to Billinudgel. Other areas may have fibre optic cables to their local schools as well. Check it out. Peter Leishman Upper Main Arm

will get from the receiving antennae. This is a service only for those in line-ofsight, which will exclude many due to the uneven terrain and vegetation. Residents of Main Arm should be asking why the $250,000 this is costing is not being used to expand the existing fibre network which runs from the Main Arm to The Pocket schools. This would be far more effective, equitable and safer than polluting the whole environment with radiation so those few in it who want the service can download things a few megabits faster. One has to ask, will the increased download speed be equal to the time one’s life is shortened by radiation exposure? Anton Vanderbyl Palmwoods

Not advertised by Byron Council in last week’s Echo is the 40m NBN 4G broadband tower at Main Arm. This they said is due to its ‘low impact’. With growing awareness of the negative effects of exposure to microwave radiation, this development should have been brought by Council to the attention of all those in the receiving environment. Additionally, NBN makes no mention of the radiation that recipients

coastline management, it will also greatly increase Council’s potential liability by being completed outside the process prescribed by law. Council is to consider the question at its next meeting on Thursday. Cr Basil Cameron Goonengerry Q The important, hardfought-for and extremely valuable Environmental Levy

is under threat of being raided by some councillors to go towards building a rock wall at Belongil. This is a specially approved shirewide levy and to have it used in one small part of the shire would be extremely unwise and divisive for urban and rural residents. Maintain the integrity of this levy, councillors, and unite the shire. Patrick Morrisey Goonengerry

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continued from page 11 it was said that while she was alive there was no way she was letting anyone else get their hands on her precious theatre. I am sorry to hear of her passing and many of my old friends remember with affection the Brunswick cinema experience. But I had a chuckle at her daughter’s description of her mother’s generous disposition, welcoming people to the show. It is true she did like to see things run smoothly but it was very much on her terms. Now, for the ‘Ides of March’ note in Gaye’s article. Norma left the Gold Coast because of ‘the all-consuming property development’. Are greed and opportunism finally spreading their nasty tentacles around the delicate beauty of Bruns? Thanks to the Foreshore Protection Group and The Echo for keeping readers up to date on this potential disaster. Memories are both good and bad. The closure of a family-run cinema was maybe inevitable. Small towns like Brunswick Heads change but this NCHP intervention is scary. Jane Flower South Golden Beach

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Shriver feels the weight of the body image aesthetic Mandy Nolan interviews the author of a controversial novel about obesity and our relationship to our bodies

S author Lionel Shriver came to public attention with her controversial novel We Need to Talk about Kevin, an exploration of a failed relationship between mother and child that later became an international feature film starring Tilda Swinton. Shriver’s latest release Big Brother continues her penchant for provocative and uncomfortable themes, this time addressing our firstworld relationship with food and weight, telling the story of a morbidly obese man who moves in with his sister and her family. With an impressive 12 published novels under her belt, Shriver is a writer who likes to push the boundaries. At just 15 she changed her name from Margaret Ann to Lionel, something she felt was more appropriate to her tomboy nature. Known for her social activism, she challenged the US healthcare system with So Much For That, and now, with Big Brother, she addresses weight, a sensitive subject considering her own brother died of obesity-related health issues. ‘I try to pick subjects that have more than one facet,’ says Shriver, ‘something which I am conflicted about. I am torn on the weight issue, because I don’t want anyone to be sad if they don’t want

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And it’s not as simplistic as fat. Shriver’s thesis is that fat and thin form part of the same obsession with control and our battle with our physical form. ‘Being thin gets confused with virtue,’ says Shriver, who believes that people now approach the body like a work of art. ‘It’s how they expect to actualise themselves, refine themselves. ‘But to refine your body is only to refine your body. It’s boring. I think the fitness thing goes too far as well. We put this huge burden on men and women, like you have to be super slim or have a six-

American author Lionel Shriver. Photo Suki Dhanda

pack, and it takes hours and hours and to get that kind of muscle definition; you can’t do anything else. ‘We tend to confuse more economic and moral arguments about the stress on health systems with an aesthetic sense of repulsion. The representation of the thin aesthetic is also contaminated with fear, and I think there is a parallel with the classic homophobia. Appearance is more important that ever; we judge ourselves on this, we seem to have lost the distinction between body and soul.’

Overweight people are very often characterised as ‘lazy’ or ‘slobs’ or even ‘corrupt’ in comparison to the thin aesthete. ‘There is so much hostility towards overweight people. I guess they can sense it, and I think they are often subject to a lot of spatial resentment. Especially on airlines.’ Losing her brother was definitely an impetus for writing the book, although Big Brother is not just a tribute to Shriver’s brother but also an autopsy on our relationship with food, each other and self.

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deeper esoteric content. Sunday 2 March, 6.30pm, at Kulchajam, 1 Acacia St, Byron Arts & Industry Estate. Presented by The Gnostic Society Byron 0412 020 234.

Harmony Day 2014. To volunteer or for more info please call 0405 463 663.

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Community Singing Group every Monday 10.30am and Seniors’ Drumming Circle every Tuesday 10.30am. More info 6685 6807 or www.lifeofbyron.com. Free basic computer lessons for seniors at Byron Community Centre every Wednesday. Bookings essential – contact Carolyn 0413 223 462. Note: singing, drumming and computer lessons cancelled during Byron Bay Film Festival Feb 28 to March 9.

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Byron Sophia Philosophical Group: DNA in the Sands of Time – A Journey from Atlantis to Egypt to the present time, Thursday, 27 February 1–3pm, at Masonic Centre, 6 Byron St, Byron Bay. Info: Celia 6684 3623.

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‘I suppose it served a mild therapeutic function,’ Shriver says of writing her latest novel, ‘although I am sometimes amazed how little difference it actually makes! There is this conceit that you can write or heal yourself well, but it’s not as simple as that – you can’t raise people from the dead with a paragraph.

to, to feel they have to strive to achieve a weight, but if you remain within a certain high weight range it can kill you.’ Shriver believes that the narcissistic obsession with image is not only making us miserable, it’s making us fat. ‘This whole obsession is out of control and it’s making lots of people miserable and making them miserable just makes them fatter. I am becoming extremely impatient with these magazines and mainstream newspapers that track celebrity – and they talk about weight, but they are not digging into the issue. They deal with it as a medical problem, but its a very complex issue. It’s psychologically complex, emotionally complex.’

Friends Of The Library are hosting author Dr Anita Heiss at the Byron Library on Friday March 14, celebrating her new book Tiddas at 5.30pm with refreshments for a 6pm start. Gold coin donation. RSVP 6685 8540 or byronbayfol@gmail.com.

Swap party Friday 7 March, 3pm SWAP, 5pm pizzas at Mullum Community Garden. Contact Efrat 0455 236 575.

Chem Free Regen training and work morning at Mullumbimby Community Garden, Wed March 5, any time from 9am to 1pm. Please bring gloves and a small knife. For more info contact Dave 0410 019 997 or daverawlins75@ gmail.com.

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Oneness blessing Every Thursday 7pm, Red Tent Yoga, 10/21–23 Tasman Way, Byron industrial estate. Info Nura 0427 847 210.

The Ewingsdale Community Association will meet at 7pm on Monday 3 March in the Ewingsdale Hall to discuss the council easement and the West Byron development.

Buddhist meditation

Free movie night

Teaching and practice Wednesdays 6–7.30pm, SIA Centre, 1/22 Fawcett St, Brunswick Heads. Info 6685 8842, mishaela@si.org.au.

From the Heart of the World – The Elder Brother’s Warning – the environmental message of the Kogi Indians of the Sierra Nevada, Columbia, and its

The Byron Market is on Sunday March 2 at the Butler St Reserve from 8am to 3pm. Fabulous live music with a huge lineup. Please leave dogs at home.

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U3A Ballina/Byron Enjoy poetry with Don Brown at 10am on 4/3/14 in the Brunswick Heads Bowling Club. Enquiries 6680 7350.

Seed Savers Seed-saving event at Jude and Michael Fanton’s, 13 Old Bangalow Road, Byron Bay. Saturday 1 March 3.30pm garden tour. Bring plate to share, plants, seeds cuttings to share and $10 donation for Byron Bay Seed Savers world seed solidarity tours.

Community planting day Brunswick Valley Landcare invites community participation in a nativetree planting day on the banks of Mullumbimby Creek at River Terrace (Whian Street end), Sunday 2 March 9.30–11.30am. Enq Bela Allen 6684 7113.

Probus Club The Brunswick Valley Probus Club will be holding their annual meeting on Tuesday 4 March at 10am at the Ocean Shores Country Club, followed by guest speaker Doug Stinson from the Cancer Council. Enquiries Veronica 0466 802 025.

End-of-life care To learn how to make the right decisions about your end-of-life care, come to the meetings held quarterly. Phone Elaine for more details on 0421 796 713.

Dune care Suffolk Park Dune Care is on again at 8.30am at the beach end of Macgregor St on Saturday 1 March. Phone Helen 6685 4964.

Sports AGM Brunswick Valley Combined Sports & Rec Association Inc inaugural AGM is to be held on Monday 10 March at 6pm at the Brunswick Heads sportsfields clubrooms. Enq: 6685 1676.

Volunteers needed Would you like to participate in Byron Shire’s Lone Goat Gallery as a volunteer? Contact Karla Akehurst, email lonegoatgallery@gmail.com.

Autism meet The Far North Coast Centre for Autism will hold a meeting for parents and carers on Friday 28 Feb at the Far North Coast Centre for Autism, 23 Commercial Rd, Alstonville, 10am–12. Enq 6628 3660.

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Calling local musicians, artists and multicultural groups to join in planning, performing and activities for Byron

Learn about the growing needs and varieties of crops to give you abundance during the cooler months. Sat 8

‘It’s one of the things that I find humbling about writing – the limitations. I don’t know how much it helped resolve losing my brother. I did hope that in some ways it would be a tribute to him without being some slightly weird, fictionalised hegemony. I needed the story to be a book in its own right. We don’t need to afflict the readership with a series of journal entries! First and foremost, Big Brother had to be a novel that works as a novel. When I was writing I set out to tell a good story first.’ Although it was the intense emotionality of the sibling relationship and the recognition of the close existence of love and repulsion that gave Shriver the impetus to follow a story, that may have been upsetting for the rest of her family. ‘My parents especially were very worried about this book, so I showed them before I published to allay their fears, and I think they were upset there was nothing to be ofMarch, 1–3pm at Mullum Community Garden. Bookings: judymac@aapt.net. au or 0428 870 540.

PAN at Lennox 14–28 February, 9am–4.30pm daily, at 4/64 Ballina Rd, Lennox Head, mixedmedia exhibition by members of PAN (Practising Artists Network). Work for sale.

Art comp Artists get your paint brushes out and get painting for the 9th Annual Ocean Shores Country Club Art Competition/ Exhibition. Entry forms are available at www.oceanshorescc.com.au.

Bush poets show Sunday 9 March 2pm, Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club: Great afternoon’s entertainment: Top artists. Tickets at the Club – ph 6684 2533. All welcome. Presented by Quota International of Brunswick Valley.

Byron Rotary Rotary Club of Byron Bay is a non-profit organisation that brings together members of the community to do good. Meets each Tuesday 7pm at Byron RSL. Visitors welcome. Enq byronbayrotary@gmail.com.

Toastmasters Byron Cavanbah Toastmasters’ Club meets the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month from 6.30 to 8.30 at St Finbarr’s School. Go to www. byronbaytoastmasters.org for more information or just drop in. Mullum-

fended by – they weren’t in the book! ‘Having that level of obesity in my family meant I had an access to what it feels like. When I saw my brother in the latter part of my life, I didn’t think, “Oh you overweight slob, why don’t you do something?” – it was heartbreaking, what I felt was absolute sorrow and I couldn’t stop thinking of what he went through on a daily basis, because really heavy people get treated like shit.’ Shriver’s book is being met with robust conversation, and in the US one of the usual criticisms is her use of the word fat. ‘I have had my head taken off for using the word fat on radio. But for me it’s a descriptive word, because when you eat too much you develop fat. It’s not muscle or bone. I also love the word; it’s short and punchy and it’s a little onomatopoeic. And I don’t think you change the world with euphemism. I am writing about fat.’ Q Presented by Northern Rivers Writers’ Centre, Lionel Shriver is joined in conversation by Australian writer Matthew Condon at St Finbarr’s Hall in Byron Bay on Saturday March 1 from 5pm. Tickets through the NRWC website at www.nrwc.org.au. For more information call 6685 5115.

Magic Toastmasters are warm, friendly people who meet to improve our communication skills every 2nd, 4th and 5th Monday at 7–9pm at the Presbyterian Church Hall, 106 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby. Phone 6684 8024 or visit www.674916.toastmastersclubs. org for more information.

AA meetings Brunswick Heads: 7pm Sunday, Com Ctr, South Beach Rd, opp Surf Club; Mullumbimby: 12.30 Thursday, CWA Hall, Tincogan St; Byron Bay: 12 noon Friday, Uniting Church Hall, Carlyle St.

Art talk in the pub Artists Christine Willcocks and Travis Paterson have been invited by C.A.S.E. Inc to talk about their experiences with international artist residencies at the Court House Hotel, Mullumbimby on Tuesday 11 March 6pm – all welcome.

Mullum Forums Thursday Feb 27 from 6pm, Mullum Forums has a presentation by Katharine Dawn on Earth Holocracy, real global democracy built by local community action, and a video screening about the Banksters Global Casino. Mullum Forums offers a shared meal with discussion of global/local issues at the Mullumbimby Uniting Church Hall every Thursday. Please note: This section is intended for the benefit of non-profit community groups, not for invitations to free events to be followed up by paid workshops.

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FIONA O’LOUGHLIN TICKETS It’s Connect 5 when Fiona O’Loughlin, the mother of comedy, performs in Byron at the Brewery with Australia’s only other woman comic with five children. With 10 kids between them and a heap of stories, catch Fiona O’Loughlin with Mandy Nolan on Friday 28 February. Tickets are $20 and $25 at the door. To book a ticket call 6619 0529 or to enter the comp to win a double pass send in an entry with subject header ‘Mother of Comedy’. If you would like to receive this giveaway and a free subscription to Echonetdaily, email your name, phone number and postcode to gigscomp@echo.net.au.

intersecting elements drew me in. From an outsider’s perspective, The Pirate City Rollers appeared to have a strong sense of identity. For me that image was constructed from media coverage as well as leaguegenerated propaganda. However, I realised there was a tension between this surface image and an unfolding inside story. The Pirates were a fledgling league, the first established outside North America. I observed an you couldn’t afford. One film of particular interest is Pretty assemblage of strong personalities with diverging ideals about what they should be. Pieces of Hate, a divisive yet Brutal, by filmmaker Monica De Alwis, that features the magnetic central character, made her presence known inside story of New Zealand’s first roller derby league. straightaway. What drove her on a personal level to Their challenge: run a democracy and train together as invest heavily in a potentially volatile sport was bound sisters then savage each other come match day. Monica spoke with The Echo about a sport that is taking the world to have an impact on the evolution of the league’s story. by storm! How did you see relationships grow or change Monica, why did you choose roller derby as a subject? during the film? The early league I filmed subscribed to ideals of democracy and equality. People were I started to see DIY-style advertisements for all-female, often drawn in for friendship and the full-contact roller derby posted around town. I hadn’t chance to be included in seen this kind of image used to represent a female the creation of something sport before. I was surprised at the general comments new. As league members and media reactions around me, which were quick tested their own personalities, to sexualise or stigmatise the idea of women’s being motives, and commitment aggressive. I was attracted by derby’s collision of sport levels against these concepts and subculture and excited by the questions it raised I saw leaders, followers and about gender and identity. I was also intrigued by the power structures emerge. As dichotomies that the sport seemed to marry. Members the competitive season kicked were encouraged to develop bad-arse alter egos in, relationships between yet surrender themselves to the collective. The new phenomenon struck me as a wonderful experiment that friends and teams, coaches and was creating a stir and had met some need. I was curious new recruits became fraught with unspoken tensions. When to see how the story would unfold. asked to be aggressive with each Is the appeal of roller derby somehow linked in with other against the backdrop of our obsession with violence? I do not believe roller derby is violent. It is physically and athletically aggressive. sisterhood, I felt some players had much to wade through There is a distinction. As the league navigated its early before recognising aggression journey, I think these language distinctions emerged in a sporting context is ‘nothing through painful trial and error. I also feel that attitudes personal’. When this separation towards athletic aggression being a traditionally doesn’t happen, the situation can become threatening masculine domain are responsible for the way female and everyone reacts differently in the face of conflict. derby is sometimes framed as a ‘violent’ spectacle as On the other hand, I saw relationships between some opposed to a legitimate sport. women transform into something very honest and What kind of girls take up roller derby? Do you think healthy through roller derby. it’s a reaction to the incredible amount of messaging What decisions did you make in the edit room when it around girls’ body image? A spectrum of people came to how the film was going to look and just what play derby and their reasons for getting involved vary. story it was going to tell? It became clear that this film It is a challenging yet community-oriented sport that was not going to be a topic-based film introducing roller encourages women of different sizes, ages, experience derby, neither a sweeping look at the sport’s evolution. levels and backgrounds to get involved on or off skates. I could see the trajectory of a debut competitive season I think this has contributed to the sport’s rapid growth. being the narrative spine of the film; however, what was Players possess strength, agency and unapologetic unfolding before me was a one-off scenario that could athletic aggression, while shamelessly marrying those not have been scripted. So, the story we decided to tell qualities with glitter, humour and permission to play was the most organic and intimate one. Pretty Brutal up or down their femininity. The fact that your body became a film about a human experience within the is capable, important and celebrated on the rink is a context of a fledgling roller derby league. I often shot positive and attractive message. handheld, and being short, I shoot from an angle that What were the stories that were unfolding when you enhances the feeling that you are within a scene or are a started shooting? When I arrived on the scene three participant in a discussion. Initially this was a pragmatic

AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST REGIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, BYRON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, KICKS OFF THIS FRIDAY WITH A DAZZLING OPENING NIGHT, WITH A LINEUP THAT FEATURES 226 FILMS FROM 36 COUNTRIES. This is the world trip you thought

decision but became a relevant way to tell this kind of candid, behind-the-scenes story. How has the reaction to Pretty Brutal been? There has been a lot of positivity. Pretty Brutal was awarded Best New Zealand Feature, Best New Zealand Editing and Best New Zealand Director at Australasia’s premier documentary film festival, Doc Edge 2013. It has been invited to screen in Los Angeles, New York and Texas. I’ve been happy to see a whole variety of viewers, derby and non-derby alike, turn out to screenings and communicate with me about the universal touchstones they’ve found in the story. For those who appeared in the film, it was clear to see that Pretty Brutal captured a time of difficult growth; emotions and old rivalries surfaced on premiere night and we had a very rowdy cinema experience! Newer members of the Pirate City Rollers were proud to have an historical document recording some of the experiences that helped form a framework for their current organisation. I look forward to engaging with leagues around Australia and hearing about their own startup stories. Screening at the International Women’s Day event on 8 March. For screenings and program info go to www. bbff.com.au.

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AT JUST 24, US SOUL SENSATION ALLEN STONE IS MAKING HIS MARK. THIS SEATTLE SONGWRITER TALKS ABOUT MOBILE PHONES AND SOCIAL NETWORKS; HE SINGS ABOUT THE CLOUT OF THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT AND A CULTURE OF GREED. His music reaches back four decades to the late 1960s and early 70s, when songwriters such as Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway and Bill Withers brought introspection and social commentary to soul music. Soul has been in Stone’s soul since this preacher’s son was small. ‘I wasn’t raised with any technical music knowledge,’ says Stone. ‘I didn’t have any singing lessons or music lessons growing up. It was the feeling of music that got me, the rhythm and the pace and even to this day, I think what I enjoy most about the music industry is playing because it’s a congregational atmosphere – we are gathering together for one purpose!’ Unlike his peers, Stone left the pop rock unturned. ‘I want to bring people an experience that they remember. For me it’s good to incorporate as many emotions as I can during the set – whether it’s joy or curiosity or sadness. Making up a set it is FROM WORLD STAGES TO BACK HOME From a well-received performance at last year’s Isle of Wight’s Festival alongside headliners Elton John, Snoop Dogg and MIA, and a UK tour last September, Garrett Kato has been working from his home studio in Byron Bay on his upcoming release. Garrett Kato has been compared to the likes of Ray Lamontagne, Ryan Adams and David Grey for his ability to capture an audience. Raised on music fro the 60s, Kato found his own blend of folk with a mixture of electronic samples and beautiful country melodies. The amazingly talented locals Luke Morris and Hailey Marie are to support the show. Kato will hit the stage at the Hotel Great Northern on Friday. BRUNSWICK MARMALADE After thrilling crowds at Woodford, Byron Falls and Earth Frequency festivals, Wild Marmalade have flown to new heights with their unique didgeridoo-driven dance grooves. Hotel Brunswick Sunday Session is set to be a cracker, featuring flamenco guitar virtuoso Paul George, producer and keyboard player Jake Savona and the legendary percussionist Greg Sheehan. The extended afternoon of groove kicks in at 4pm and runs through to 8 o’clock. Free entry. Come ready to move. JACK AND JILL Kiara Jack and The Jills creates a sound where world meets contemporary with the eclectic-edged voice of Kiara Jack smack

Putting the fun into Fundraising! Bay FM is proud to introduce our Dinner Club Fundraiser. Come and enjoy an amazing dining experience at the Italian Diner in Bangalow on Thursday 6th March. $100 per person includes a fabulous three-course meal and great company in a relaxed atmosphere, while being part of raising much-needed funds for Byron Shire’s own and only radio station.

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WILD MARMALADE AT THE HOTEL BRUNSWICK ON SUNDAY bang in the centre of their sound. After receiving an RADF grant from the Gold Coast City Council, the band went straight into the studio and released their EP last year, Shards of Glass. They play the Rails on Thursday and the Bangalow Hotel on Friday. MUSICIANS DEFEND ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS This Saturday musicians take up their instruments to defend the important work of the Environmental Defender’s Office, one of the organisations de-funded under the Abbott regime. The community is not about to let this one go, especially with CSG debate raging and state government doing some pretty shady deals on the quiet with gas companies of late. Comedian S Sorrenson is the compere, with performances from Jimmy Willing and The Real Gone Hick-Ups, Sara Tindley, Luke Vassella, The No Frills Twins, Bossy Big Heart, Bassix, Ruthie-ma Toothie, Davey Bob Ramsey and his band, and much more. Show starts at 6pm, $20 gets you in – $10 concession and under-16 kids are free.

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Bluesfest will be Stone’s third trip to Australia. Catch the man that USA Today called ‘pitch perfect powerhouse’, the hippie with soul… For more about Bluesfest lineup and tixgo to bluesfest.com.au.

create a spectacular heart-blossoming moment in time and space for participants to dive into the magic and beauty of life. Friday at Kulchajam at 7pm with Crystal Eyes and Kirtronica Mantra Dance and Saturday at Red Tent Yoga at 7pm with Jaya Lakshmi and Ananda’s kirtan and healing mantra concert. All events may be attended individually. $15 advance, $20 at door. Advance tickets available online at: http://brightstarevents.net/ enhancedArtist.cfm?id=34. 'BRUNS-ED’ BROADFOOT North coast rocking funking rhythm and blues outfit Broadfoot take to the Hotel Brunswick stage this Saturday. Think the flavour of Hendrix, Steve Miller and GARRETT the Stones with 70s funk KATO AT THE bass undercurrents and one HOTEL GREAT starts to smell the aroma of NORTHERN ON the Broadfoot sound. There’ll FRIDAY be plenty of Broadfoot’s homegrown on display and lashings of groove to keep the dancers moving. For a unique perspective into the ANDREW Broadfoot experience visit the Brunswick REDFORD AT market from 9am on Saturday the 1st to THE BALLINA catch Broadfoot in a stripped-back duo RSL ON format where electric piano will come SATURDAY out to accompany the wailing John Moodie on guitar. From 7.30pm.

ALTAR OF LOVE Join international touring and recording artists Jaya Lakshmi and Ananda for a very special healing journey and celebration of love this weekend. The Altar of Love Weekend includes a kirtan and healing-music concert, Kirtronica Mantra Dance, kundalini yoga and meditation with live music by Jaya Lakshmi (led by Ananda), mantra and singing workshop, and cacao ceremony. We come together to

CONFIDENT SHYBABY Shybaby are set to make a triumphant return when they let fly at the Billinudgel Hotel this Saturday. New drummer Killer Karl Perske brings a vast array of chops to the band, breathing new life into the show and complementing the all-out rock attack of Mick and Greggy on the strings. Get on down to the last of the real country pubs and witness pub rock as it should be. From 7pm. LOVE GONE WRONG ENDS UP IN COURT HOUSE Valentines Day has been and gone… need something more than love? This Thursday Miss Amber and Stukulele present Love Gone Wrong Songs celebrating all the heartbreak tunes with a few murder ballads thrown in for good measure. Special guest vocalists a-plenty, including Tim Stokes and Michael Rosenburg from the Canberra uke chapter UROC (Ukulele Republic Of Canberra). Come on down for great community sing and strum along, enjoy the vibes and have a good laugh! Adults $10, kids free! Join the mailing list at ukemullum.com for the songbook download link. BY THE STRANDS The Strands are about well-crafted songs, a tight sound and a

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about giving people enough canvas to experience something that is individual and particular to that night, and I love it! I make a living throwing parties for people every night! The main goal is that they have fun!’ Stone takes his role as a musician seriously. ‘I feel it is a higher call being a musician. You need to be able to play your instrument; you need to be able to do it live without processors. People are getting away with pressing a button. To me my greatest accomplishment is that when I leave the stage people have had a good time and they experience something that was live and real and unique to that particular audience. ‘We are all narcissistic; songwriters are built on narcissism! But for me my favourite record of all time is What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye. I love the topics he chose to sing about – cultural indifferences and injustices; he chose to sing about things that had a little more weight to them than Let’s Get it On. ‘I remember Marvin for Mercy Mercy Mercy rather than Sexual Healing. ’ Stone is a little scathing of the emotional immuring of his home country. ‘America has such a weird culture; it’s such an adolescent country – in a lot of regards the US is like a 12-year-old boy – look at the way we conduct ourselves overseas, the way we exude our sexuality. It’s like the 12- to 13-year-old kid!’

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function this long triangle of fabric actually serves. Is it a reminder that ‘hey look I’m in a suit, but I have a dick’? You know, it’s like an arrow pointing to the phallus. Is it some sort of power pointer? ‘Don’t fuck See Mandy live at with me, buddy – see down there? That’s where I keep www.echonetdaily.net.au the negotiator.’ ‘When this suit comes off I may be all white and pasty like a strange anaemic spider, but down there is a fierce and terrible beast. Well, maybe THE RISING TIE an angry lizard. Okay, a blind skink.’ Or maybe it’s to hide the unsightly buttons. Like a As far as I can tell, men pretty well belong to two valance for the body. Or maybe, because the culture of tribes: men who wear ties and men who don’t. Living suit wearing is so constrictive and the opportunities to in the northern rivers we tend to see a lot of the men who don’t wear ties. Some probably would wear a tie if express one’s individuality are so limited, the tie offers they could, but they don’t even wear shirts. Hell, some a man a chance to make a small colour statement. I mean, how many times have you seen a guy in a blokes don’t even wear pants. We are a tie-less lot; I hot-pink tie and thought ‘wow, mate, you are really think perhaps that is the point of living in a regional pushing the boundaries!’ community that prides itself on being a thriving hub Apparently the tie was invented by the Victorians to of counterculture. protect the shirt from the detritus of every day. Wow, The men here are here because they are the tribe who so men are big babies wearing bibs? Maybe they have rejected the tie. Although in saying that it’s pretty should learn to eat without spilling shit. Blokes in clear they don’t mind the odd spot of tie-dye. A bloke blue singlets seem to manage it. Historically only two with a tie on the streets of Mullumbimby or Byron Bay groups of people have ever had anything around their is a bit of an anomaly. We think ‘poor bastard must necks: slaves and the hanged. I have always thought be on his way to court for DUI’. Or ‘must be going to the tie would be very convenient if you were needing a funeral’. Or worse, ‘a lawyer’. Actually that’s not true; to strangle someone. I mean you don’t even need to most of the lawyers don’t wear ties around here either. bring a stocking; you could kill a man with his own neckpiece. Makes being a serial killer of public servants I have to admit I find a man in a tie a little bit sexy. I think it’s because it implies that he’s got a job. Or that so much more efficient. he’s a bit of a prick. I find him even sexier if that’s all I think perhaps ties are part of a pathetic hope that that he’s wearing! That being said, I have always found the wearing of such will instil in the viewers of the tie the tie a rather strange piece of fashion equipment wearer the message that the man in the tie has power. ‘You will listen to me. I have authority, because I have – apart from allowing us to visually distinguish white a tie.’ Greenies are a group generally characterised by collar from no collar, I really can’t see what possible

Feeling Lucky IT’S HARD TO PIN DOWN JUST WHAT IS SO INTOXICATING (AND I USE THAT WORD CAREFULLY) ABOUT COMEDIAN FIONA O’LOUGHLIN, BUT AS AN AUDIENCE MEMBER IT IS POSSIBLE TO THINK ‘I COULD LISTEN TO THIS WOMAN FOREVER’. Growing up in an Irish-Australian family, it seems to me that storytelling became second nature. It was what they did every night around the dinner table, and there’s really no storyteller on the comedy circuit quite as enthralling as O’Loughlin. Starting out as the comedian mum of five who hailed from Alice Springs, a lot has changed in the decade or more that has seen O’Loughlin go from Central Australian obscurity to the darling of the Melbourne comedy scene. Her marriage is over, her children mostly grown, she’s living in Melbourne, and in the past five years she has waged a very public battle with alcoholism. Now sober and enjoying recovery, Fiona’s latest show, My Brilliant Career, shows O’Loughlin at her most incisive. She has this rare ability to navigate the human condition with humility and humour. ‘I do get heaps of quiet time, and I have this amazingly simple fucking life that I didn’t know existed. I had to leave a husband and give up drinking to get it, living with just Mary and me. ‘I’ve upped the ante of autobiographical standup – I talk about being single because now I am ready to tell all about it. There’s so much I couldn’t talk about before! There is this delicious story that takes up half the show; it’s about my ‘nearly’ affair. Of course I was accused of it, but it never happened! ‘I have never had a show so full,’ says O’Loughlin. ‘It was over-written by an hour. I couldn’t believe it – two hours came out of me! ‘It’s tongue in cheek and the poster image is me looking good time. Their songs reflect on contemporary and perennial issues related to love, lies and politics, with Jon musing that sometimes there is not a lot of difference between the latter two, and musically reflecting rock, blues, soul, funk and pop influences. The Strands are at The Rails on Saturday. ALL HAIL THE GENIUS OF PAUL KELLY Over thirty-five years, Paul Kelly has released 18 albums, five film scores, co-written with Nick Cave, Kev Carmody and Yothu Yindi, and written for Jenny Morris and Renee Geyer. He has never stood still musically, performing and recording with

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as pleased as punch, and meanwhile there is a holocaust behind me!’ O’Loughlin talks about her marriage, admitting that the two have become friends. ‘I have no fire in my belly to fight. I feel so happy when he stays with me in Melbourne. I remember seeing him on Christmas Day and there he was with all his brothers and I got this… Oh I love you like a brother feeling.’ Reflecting on her childhood, O’Loughlin laughs, ‘I was a melancholic kid. I didn’t like the way the world worked. I used to think that it’s not fair that adults are in charge and I am in trouble and I don’t have a voice and I married into that – men of my generation are handed down this belief that life is just drudge, and now I’m single and I’m free and I’m not in trouble and I can do as I please. I am not trouble – I love being 50!’ It’s a refreshing take on most women’s dread of the middle years, with many seeing it as the beginning of their ‘invisibility’. ‘Being a standup female comedian is one card that is precious – we are not invisible and we won’t be. I don’t feel that and I don’t act that – I get a real kick out of ageing. I love my old hands; I have vanity about my face but not my hands – it would be lovely to look at our whole bodies like that!’ When talking about her recovery from alcoholism Fiona expresses relief. ‘It was a roundabout that took me five years to see the light – I kept relapsing because I would carry around the sack of shame and that was so heavy, like a massive bag of potatoes; every day you take a potato out but it is still a bag of potatoes. I think one of my sisters just wants me publicly flogged in the town square! I have guilt and shame about how many people have turned up to see me and there’s a drunken waste of space on stage! I am very accountable for that, and every single day I think of that, and if I could, I’d do the making-amends tour!’ So what was the turning point for O’Loughlin? ‘It was getting caught with my hand in the cookie jar and breaking my agent’s heart, who was a good friend. I lived like Lance Armstrong, I thought if I didn’t have two little tiny vodkas, that I would be letting my audience down – then I got caught red handed. Nine times out of 10 nothing would happen, but you are putting

STU AND AMBER AT UKE NIGHT AT COURT HOUSE ON THURSDAY bands such as The Dots, The Messengers, The Coloured Girls, Professor Ratbaggy, the Stormwater Boys and his acoustic A–Z shows with his nephew Dan Kelly. Catch the Paul Kelly tribute show that has sold out everywhere it’s played, performed by a group of six seasoned professional musicians, conscious of the huge task set for them and respectful of the value of

a lack of ties. They are usually going head-to-head with groups of men in ‘ties’ who will use their ties to assume some sort of tie-based credibility. Maybe environmentalists would find themselves doing much better on the global stage if they started wearing ties. Imagine the shock of the tie-wearing multinationals when they discovered that it was not shirtless hippies, but in fact tie wearers who were causing the fracking blockades! People with ties generally exploit people without ties. Men in ties generally don’t have CSG wells dug next to their infinity pools. Although it would solve the Sunday arvo problem of having to duck down to the servo for a gas bottle. You could run that barbie 24/7! No, men in ties prefer to poison the waterholes of people who live without ties. Farmers don’t wear ties. People without ties don’t have as much power as people with ties. Or money. So are ties some sort of secret masonic symbol of power? Ties are usually worn to meetings. Now this is either for one man to tell the other men that they have power, or perhaps it’s not the men having a meeting at all; what if it’s much more sinister than that… what if it’s just a gathering of ties who’ve brought along their men hosts? Perhaps this planet hasn’t been fucked up by men after all. Maybe it’s the work of the tie! Only women can save us, because we are tie-deficient.

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dynamite next to a lit flame every time, and one in 10 times there would be another consequence. I got caught red handed, so I said, tomorrow night I am going to do it without my two vodkas, and then I did it, and I was funnier, and clearer! ‘I couldn’t put alcohol in me before a show now if I were paid a million dollars – the smallest price to pay for sobriety is that you are little bit boring…’ O’Loughlin believes her life as standup comic offers something that many other recovering addicts don’t have. ‘I was so lucky – I had to relearn to be a standup, and my standup life has never known me without alcohol, and every day I have a gig I have a shot of adrenaline like no other. It used to be something I had to get through; now I can’t wait! I am such a lucky duck.’ Fiona O’Loughlin performs at the Byron Brewery on Friday with MC Mandy Nolan and support Damian Power. Tix are $20 booked or bought online; $25 at the door. Bookings – 6619 0529. Kelly’s music. Audiences hear all the hits and recreate all those characters and places that Paul Kelly’s audiences and loyal fans have come to know and love. Saturday Bangalow Bowlo 7.30pm. Doors: 7.30pm, Door Tix: $18, Presale Tix: $15 (+bf) UNLOCKING THE HEART’S ALBUM Chad Wilkins launches his first album Show Us The Way Of The Heart this Saturday at Byron’s Kulchajam. Chad’s songs vary from upbeat, positive-vibe celebration tunes to deep, devotional, guided meditations, all showcasing conscious lyrics – challenging, provoking, inspiring, drawing, awakening. This will be an inspiring evening of heart-opening music, including an opening set by the magnificent Murray Kyle, followed by Chad Wilkins who will be joined by 10 special guest musicians to help facilitate the journey! 7.30pm. $15 entry / $30 with a CD. Facebook.com/ ChadWilkinsMusic

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Illusions, delusions, confusions and conclusions, slights, ﬁghts, delights and insights – this week’s got it all going on…

E ARIES: Choosing who and what to rely on is a must as trust levels fluctuate. Ditto accepting disappointments without bitterness. Private writing or debriefing to relieve frustration is definitely preferable to public venting. While results take another week to ripen, no matter what others do, you be scrupulous. F TAURUS: With joker Mercury wild, watch out, child – anything can happen this week including disputes, discrepancies, dummy spits and plans going pear-shaped. If people’s invitations are last minute, don’t take it as personal discourtesy and launch a blame-storm, because going with the flow will be much more fun. G GEMINI: Being in too much of a hurry works against you during Mercury retrograde when mistakes are most likely to be made, so slow down. This week’s emotions aren’t accessible through linear thinking; as child genius Gemini Blaise Pascal observed, the heart has its reasons that reason doesn’t get. H CANCER: Some things are way easier to achieve this week than you expected, others the total reverse. So try considering the idea that communication confusions, mixed messages, travel hassles and mechanical glitches are all divinely designed for you to find the love behind what’s not going right.

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I LEO: Anger management’s a valid response to this overcommitted, underfunded and volatile week – along with retiring to the Lion’s den to replenish your energy reserves and lower those stress levels. Ambiguous signals are easy to misread so it’s advisable to proceed slowly, softly, with controlled restraint. J VIRGO: Retro Mercury dares you to find the silver lining in this week’s array of high-maintenance complainers, incessant interruptions and nervous outbursts. Saint Catherine of Sienna said all the way to heaven is heaven; I say there is light, love and understanding at the end of this month’s tunnel. K LIBRA: Sometimes we can’t rely any more on what supported us in the past. Noticing when you’re projecting your own expectations onto others triggers insights this week, which suggests taking commitments seriously, handling emotional dramas calmly and resolving difficulties with grace, imagination and signature Libran finesse. L SCORPIO: This week recommends an eyes-wideopen look at the gap between how you want things, the way they actually are, and what you want to do about that. The process of refining personal connections requires a mature resolution of issues through forgiveness and renewed resolve. M SAGITTARIUS: This week anything could

New Kat in Town THIS WEDNESDAY SEES THE OPENING OF THE BLUE KAT AT BYRON’S SOHO LOUNGE. CURATED BY AMANDA BENNETT, AKA BURLESQUE QUEEN AND SINGER BELLE BENNETT, AMANDA CHATTED WITH SEVEN ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT!

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ACROSS 1. Period in one day cricket (5,4) 6. Medicated (5) 9. Illness (7) 10. Brief, terse (7) 11. Child’s musical instrument (5) 12. Nameless (9) 13. Short piece of sacred music (8) 14. Forbidden (4) 17. Capital of Italy (4) 18. Beaten back, repelled (8) 21. Parodic, ironic (9) 22. Funeral song (5) 24. Notoriety, bad repute (3,4) 25. Accoutrements of royalty (7) 26. Approaches, draws closer (5) 27. Chew food (9) DOWN 1. Length of wood (5) 2. Famous Australian song, lyrics by Banjo Paterson (8,7) 3. Intense style of speaking, often exaggerated (8) 4. In a deadly manner (8) 5. Primary colour (6) 6. Metrical measure: long short short (6) 7. Patriotic song once a candidate for national anthem (4,2,9) 8. Short breed of dog (9) 13. Member of a religion (9) 15. Aristocratic heads of the Royal Navy (3,5) 16. Town famous for incident involving a dog (8) 19. Wood nymphs (6) 20. Cry out, usually in terror (6) 23. Rub out (5)

ACROSS 1. Provisional drama about debtor is an integral part of one day cricket (5,4) 6. Ecstasy in odds over getting drugged (5) 9. Report that beer caused sickness (7) 10. The French parabola, for example, was concise (7) 11. Our place in the wood turns over juvenile music-maker (5) 12. Soon unknown rodent loses til, and has name withheld (9) 13. A short hymn is able to tease audience (8) 14. Thanks, but British uranium is banned (4) 17. Home at last, after hard drive leads to the city (4) 18. Rejected, but socialist holds the pea (8) 21. Ironically amusing, or just goatfaced? (9) 22. Gravity in dreadful, mournful air (5) 24. The setter will take two notes, gaining a bad reputation (3,4) 25. Large around but first rate back; outfit for a king (7) 26. Approaches new listeners (5) 27. Chew up resin – made a meal of it (9) DOWN 1. Soft and lean, but proverbially short and thick (5) 2. Laid mat, but lost vote for new anthem (8,7) 3. Following blood test, Bana took to fine words (8) 4. Allow hard mate to act in a deadly manner (8) 5. Scream a cry of pain – coward (6) 6. A foot? Well, a finger actually (6) 7. Lyric, spoken about an opera; top up but rejected with 2 across (4,2,9) 8. Badger dad’s hunch, and badger hunter (9) 13. Kevin Rudd’s first name? No, Kim Beazley’s middle one (9) 15. Naval supremos secure shares (3,5) 16. Town five miles from an Australian icon (8) 19. Dull notices for old forest-dwellers (6) 20. Trick includes note – hysterical (6) 23. Wipe out cardinal, after ages (5)

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Tell me about your concept for the Blue Kat? In 2007 I was lucky enough be part of the local jazz scene that was created by The Blue Birdy, which was a weekly club brought to us by singer Natalie Carey and the late (great and mega-talented) David Ades. Unfortunately the club stopped running a year or so later and we no longer had a venue where we could get together with like-minded lovers of jazz and appreciate the sophisticated style of this genre. I then asked David more than a year ago whether he would like to revive the club, and then, unfortunately, he was diagnosed with cancer so it was not meant to be. So, this year I decided, as a 41-year-old woman who rarely goes out in town, to bring back a weekly club where I would like to go and listen to jazz and blues music that I and so many others love and appreciate.

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happen from warm and bonding to shocking and unexpected. If people are elusive or unreliable, this isn’t the time to try to pin them down – they’ll just slip through your expectations like quicksilver. Better to just be patient while changes are under way… N CAPRICORN: Don’t expect precise, or even approximate, information from others because this week’s jigsaw pieces are still all in freefall. With unscheduled holdups, setbacks and delays on the cosmic cards it pays not to leave things till the last minute, so allow extra time for everything, especially travelling. O AQUARIUS: Been feeling a little parched? This week fills up your emotional cup. Though conditions do apply, which are firstly expressing rather than suppressing your feelings. And secondly keeping your mind, heart and communication channels open to receiving this transit’s real and valuable gifts: intimacy and affection. P P ISCES: Mistakes are easily made as this week’s minds change like traffic lights and goalposts shift. Avoid multitasking and instead focus on putting things in writing, backing up files, checking and confirming. Your constitutional urge is to merge but other people have boundaries, so don’t take rebuffs personally.

What kind of feel do you want the room to have? Picture this: You walk into a room where the intimacy and cosiness allow you to truly be part of the show, the scene. You relax into the boothstyle seating, order a wine, a cocktail a beer or some tapas and the atmosphere makes you feel truly at home. The music is inviting with its range, diversity, richness and beauty. You tap your feet, shake your head and feel the sound flow through you. You’re now part of The Blue Kat. What is some of the exciting stuff that we have to look forward to? Our opening night will feature our resident trio: Steve Russell on keys, Thierry Fossemalle on double bass and Dave Sanders on drums. The Blue Kat is extremely lucky to have these top jazz musicians. For our opening night and in the weeks to come we will have local jazz and blues vocalists to open the night with a few songs, followed by some kick-arse instrumentals by our trio and then some beautiful heartfelt melodies from our headline singer. February 26 will feature Leigh Carriage. The coming weeks will then see the likes of Sharny Russell, Dee Dee Lavell, and Mohini Cox grace the stage as our headline vocalists. In addition we will also have some exceptional guest musicians such as trombonists, saxophonists, guitarists and percussionists joining our trio and, to mix it up, on occasions we will have featured bands. If you are interested in performing at The Blue Kat, contact Amanda at www.facebook.com/TheBlueKatByron. The Blue Kat opens this Wednesday. Doors open at 7pm for $8 sunset cocktails; show runs from 8pm till 10.30pm. Entry fee: $12 on the door.

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FANCY A GIGGLE? The first Northern Laughs kicks off this week! The Great Northern restaurant will be playing host to a night of hilarity emceed by the dashing Loz Vieux and featuring 10 comics from Brisbane, Gold Coast and Byron Shire. Also featuring a set by local favourite Paul McMahon. 8pm on Thursday, free entry.

BIG GIG ON THE FRONT BERNER Peter Berner is without doubt one of Australia’s most popular and respected media entertainers and standup comics. Peter started his career as a standup comedian in 1988. Since this time he has performed locally and internationally, as well as written and performed solo comedy shows at festivals in Australia and the UK. His intelligent humour has always set him apart as one performer who can comfortably straddle comedy GISELLE SCREENS AT BYRON styles as disparate as satire, observational comedy CINEMAS ON SUNDAY AND and reactive comedy with ease, leaving audiences in WEDNESDAY 5 MARCH hysterics. His comedy has also proven to translate into WRITE ON the electronic media, with Peter constantly employed Writers at the Rails returns to Byron Bay for their first show of the year with two popular feature poets: Lillian on both TV and radio since 2001. Peter’s major TV hosting roles have been BackBerner and Einstein Rock poet/novelist Christine Strelan and Byron’s own eccentric Factor, both on ABC-TV (all up he has presented more than 300 hours wordsmith Frank Khouri. New and visiting poets always welcome, of national television program content!), and he’s been a valued, and the afternoon show will also feature invited readings and the successful and integral member of Triple M’s talent base nationally cashed-up Poetry Slam. Sunday from 2pm. since 2000. LETTING LOOSE ON YOUR VIEW OF LEADERS Peter Berner headlines at the Ballina RSL’s Big Gig Comedy night on Thursday with Mandy Nolan as MC and Ellen Briggs as support. Are you happy with your political ‘leaders’? Do they inspire you or totally exasperate you? What is leadership in a democracy anyway? Show starts at 8pm and entry is free! Democracy began in ancient Athens but its critics thought it THE PASSION OF GISELLE would lead to mob rule, and this is the issue: do ‘the leaders’ of a democracy just follow what the majority wants or are there other Giselle, with its tale of human passions and supernatural forces, roles? Are certain leadership styles more effective than others? Or is one of the most enchanting ballets of all time, examining the are politicians irrelevant these days? Come and rip into the topic at transcendent power of self-sacrificing love. The UK’s Royal Ballet recently premiered a brand-new production by Sir Peter Wright that the next meeting of the Byron Philo Café, Friday 7 March at 6pm perfectly captures the atmosphere of this great romantic ballet, at Succulent Café. $15 entry gets you tea or coffee and a plate of especially in the incomparable White Act, with ghostly maidens Patrick’s gourmet canapés. But pre-booking at the cafe would be drifting through the forest in spectacular patterns – one of the most appreciated. famous of any scenes for the corps de ballet. KAWIKA HULA The Royal Ballet’s Giselle screens at Palace Byron Bay Cinema on The charismatic Kawika Foster of Mana O Kahiko (Spirit Power Sunday at 1pm and Wednesday March 5 at 11am. Tickets $21–$24 of the Ancestors) returns to the shire on his 2014 Oz tour to available now at the Palace box office or online at teach a weekend hula intensive at Kulchajam this Friday and www.palacecinemas.com.au.

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book reviews Cleves takes on the daunting task of building a home in the bush, finds a new partner in Shanti and gains a son in Tashi, who becomes pivotal – a three-year-old passport into other people’s homes – in Carl’s later travels in South America. Tarab gradually by Carl Cleves, Transit Lounge, moves on to the 1990s in Sydney, where Carl meets Parissa Bouas, RRP $26.00 his current wife and partner in the musical enterprise known as It would be a gross understatement The Hottentots and Hottentot Party, the up-tempo world music to say that local musician Carl appreciated fondly by many north coast residents. Cleves has led an interesting life. Another recurring theme in Tarab is Cleves’s life-threatening He has had enough adventures to illnesses – particularly hepatitis and Crohn’s disease – and his fill at least ten ‘ordinary’ lives and capacity for nearly getting killed in the water. He nearly dies of has been very fortunate to survive Crohn’s and nearly drowns in Brazil, and succeeds in breaking his several life-threatening events. neck in the sea after the 1994 Maleny Festival. Phew! His journey Remarkable too is Cleves’s talent back to health (and being able to play his beloved guitar again) to recount them in a highly concludes the book. entertaining memoir/travelogue. The book could do with a better range of photos and more For a travel book to be memorable the writer must be able information about Cleves’s life on the north coast, and a closer to produce, as if out of a magic hat, amusing anecdotes, psychological insights into the natives and customs of each place eye to typos, but these are minor quibbles compared to the vast amount of enjoyment, and a valuable education, the reader visited, vivid descriptions of scenery and authentic moments of derives from the guitarist’s perilous, sometimes hare-brained, self-discovery in response to the adventures. Cleves succeeds journeys. admirably in all these areas. Unusually, Tarab has a companion disc of the author’s music, Cleves’s impulse for travel is not only adventure-seeking but which can be downloaded from cdbaby.com/cd/carlcleves or also the study and playing of all sorts of music. The Arabic word through iTunes. Read Carl’s latest updates at facebook.com/ tarab can be defined loosely as the ecstasy experienced when CarlCleves and visit his publisher, Transit Lounge transitlounge. hearing or performing uplifting music. For Carl the ecstasy also com.au, to find other memorable travel stories. extends to meditation and drugs, and I found his descriptions of ecstasy while on a variety of psychoactives – hashish, LSD, – Michael McDonald MDMA, San Pedro – the most compelling, despite his personal and professional devotion to music. LULU BELL AND THE BIRTHDAY UNICORN The book begins with a staid upbringing in Belgium and then on to South Africa in the late 1960s to study music at a university By Belinda Murrell, and with black musicians, an illegal act under the despicable Random House, RRP $9.99 Apartheid regime. From there it just gets crazier. With his wife Lulu Bell and The Birthday Unicorn Beatrice, Cleves finds himself playing cards with a general in is a book of adventure and fun. the middle of a Sudanese uprising, getting into trouble for It is about a young girl named adopting chaotic bush-babies (which end up in Antwerp along Lulu. Lulu and her friend Molly with various African exiles Cleves takes under his wing), and are organising Lulu’s little sister’s experiencing other moments of fear and loving on the Nile, in birthday party when suddenly a Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya. phone call comes through from The second stage of adventure begins in 1970 when he and Lulu’s father, who works at the Beatrice take the ‘hippie trail’ by truck through Iran and animal hospital – a pony is loose! Afghanistan into India, help out building a village, finding in the Lulu has to help her dad, but process that ‘music is the great communicator’ across language can they find the pony and what barriers, and get caught up in the impact of the India-Pakistan trouble might it cause if they do? war. Throughout all these travails, several useful angels in the Although the story did not guise of officials or compassionate individuals keep them from grab my attention in the first disaster – just. paragraph it did seem to get more exciting and mysterious as I From India it’s on to Australia in 1972, from Darwin to Sydney, the read further into the book. In this adventure the pictures were first encounters with western communes, a cataclysmic suicide of great help, although I did feel at times it should have shown attempt when Beatrice leaves Carl, and a renewed sense of ‘the pictures of more things. Also at the start of the book it did show good life’ following on from the first Aquarius Festival at Nimbin. a picture of the whole family, naming them, but even though the pets were in the picture and are mentioned quite a lot in the story it did not name them and I thought it should have. ‘Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.’ – Anna Quindlen, How Reading Changed My Life

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ECHO DRUDGES RECOMMEND Trauma & Recovery by Judith Herman ‘Simultaneously a psychological text and powerful layman’s read about the detrimental impact that trauma and abuse have on the human mind, body and soul; and that recovery is a long and painful battle, that isn’t always realised.’ – Angela M

Russia: Which Way Paradise? by Monica Attard ‘Just occasionally you run across a book that makes you proud of journalism, and one such is Monica Attard’s Russia: Which Way Paradise? Attard was the ABC’s Moscow correspondent from 1990 until 1994, and paid many private visits after that to keep up with the immense changes sweeping through the country. And she spent most of her time not with politicians and their spin doctors but with ordinary citizens struggling, like her, to make sense of the way the dogma that had ruled their lives was being torn down, and what was to replace it. Brilliant reporting and piercing insights. After reading it you still won’t understand Russia, but you will have a much clearer idea of why you don’t.’ – Mungo Steampunk, an Illustrated History of Fantastical Fiction, Fanciful Film and other Victorian Visions by Brian J Robb ‘Steampunk in fiction can be many things, but it usually has a link to Victorian England and its technology, tweaked as fantasy or alternative history. It is clever and nostalgic and now it has its own coffee-table book: Steampunk, an Illustrated History of Fantastical Fiction, Fanciful Film and other Victorian Visions, by Brian J Robb.’ – David One of my favourite parts of the book was when they were trying to catch the pony. It was nail biting, which surprised me because, as I said earlier, I was not that interested at the start of the book. This particular part of the story was exciting, mysterious and had me on the edge of my seat because the pony is startled and not co-operating. Another feature of the writing is that it goes back and forth from Lulu then to the pony, showing both points of view, which I really enjoyed. My favourite character in the story was the pony. I liked the pony because it was a mischievous character and got into all sorts of trouble. In conclusion I would recommend this book for ages five and up and rate it seven sugar cubes out of 10. – Crawford, Byron Bay Primary School

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WEDNESDAY 26 n BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 8:30PM 2 IN A GROOVE n GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL, BYRON KYLE LIONHART n RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON STRINGS FOR AMMO n BYRON BREWERY 7PM OPEN MIC n SOHO LOUNGE, BYRON 7PM THE BLUE KAT JAZZ & BLUES CLUB n GINGER PIG, BYRON RODRIGO n BYRON COMMUNITY CENTRE 6PM PALESTINE FILMS: 5 BROKEN CAMERAS AND THE GATEKEEPERS

THURSDAY 27 n BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 9PM TIGER AND ME n GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL, BYRON MATT BUGGY 8PM NORTHERN LAUGHS OPEN MIC COMEDY W MC LOZ VIEUX n RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON KIARA JACK & THE JILLS n TREEHOUSE, BELONGIL 7.30PM TOMMY SHEEHAN AND KATE COSTELLO n COCOMANGAS, BYRON DJ QC n BYRON BREWERY 7.30PM AUSTRALIANA NIGHT W COCKATOO PAUL n SOHO LOUNGE, BYRON PIANO BAR W ROXY n GINGER PIG, BYRON THE STORIES n WOODY’S SURF SHACK, BYRON CLUB RAIDERS DJ & LIGHT SHOW n COURT HOUSE HOTEL, MULLUMBIMBY UKE MULLUM W MISS AMBER AND STUKULELE n UNITING CHURCH HALL, MULLUMBIMBY 6PM SOVEREIGNTY: THE PEOPLE’S GRAND JURY n LENNOX HOTEL 8.30PM JAM NIGHT n BALLINA RSL 8PM BIG GIG WITH PETER BERNER, ELLEN BRIGGS + MANDY NOLAN n SLIPWAY HOTEL, BALLINA 7.30PM ADAM BROWN n TATTS HOTEL, LISMORE 7PM ACID BLEED n T WIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS 7.30PM CLINT BOGE BAND

FRIDAY 28 n BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 5PM JON J BRADLEY 9PM CARAVANA SUN n GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL, BYRON GARRETT KATO, LUKE MORRIS, HAILEY MARIE n RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON MIKE SCALA

n BYRON COMMUNITY CENTRE BYRON BAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL GALA OPENING EVENT n BYRON BREWERY 7.30PM BOOM FAYA REGGAE 8PM STAND UP COMEDY W FIONA O’LOUGHLIN, DAMIAN POWER AND MC MANDY NOLAN n YACKROCKCAFE, BYRON 6PM CHRONOLYTH, FATEM, SIV, KNUCKLE CHILDREN n TREEHOUSE, BELONGIL PAT TIERNEY n COCOMANGAS, BYRON DJ QC & DJ OSHIONE n GINGER PIG, BYRON FROTHING ON FRIDAYS n SOHO LOUNGE, BYRON DEEP N DELICIOUS W CHOPSUEY n PIZZA PARADISO, SUFFOLK PARK 7PM OOZ n KULCHAJAM, BYRON 7PM DJ CRYSTAL EYES & KIRTRONICA MANTRA DANCE n WOODY’S SURF SHACK, BYRON DJ ADRIAN n BANGALOW HOTEL 7.30PM SKY DADDY n HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7PM ZIGGY ALBERTS n DOMINIC’S 6.30PM DJ SUPERNOVA & GUESTS n OCEAN SHORES TAVERN 8PM ISAAC FRANKHAM n LENNOX HOTEL 9.30PM LISA HUNT n SHAWS BAY HOTEL, BALLINA 7.30PM THE DIRTY CHANNEL n BALLINA RSL 8.30PM CABOOSE n SLIPWAY HOTEL, BALLINA 8PM NITESTAR n TATTS, LISMORE 5PM KYLE WATSON 8PM THE KEEPAWAYS, DEAD WOLVES & AHIRU n ELTHAM HOTEL 7PM GLEN MASSEY n UKI HALL 8PM GLO DANCE WITH KOOII, GREG SHEEHAN & DJ PULSE n CHINDERAH TAVERN 6PM JASON DELPHIN n RIVERVIEW HOTEL, MURWILLUMBAH 7.30PM JAYNE HENRY n CONDONG BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM THE TWEED VALLEY JAZZ CLUB OSCAR AND FRIENDS & THE MURWILLUMBAHARIANS n KINGSCLIFF BEACH SLSC 6.30PM LEIGH JAMES n SALTBAR, KINGSCLIFF 8.30PM THE ZONE n CABARITA BOWLS AND BEACH SPORTS CLUB 7.30PM JEFF CAMILLERI

n LENNOX HOTEL 9.30PM BRIAN WATT BAND n BALLINA RSL 6.30PM ANDREW REDFORD n LISMORE CITY BOWLING CLUB 6PM ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS OFFICE FEAT. JIMMY WILLING & THE REAL GONE HICK-UPS, SARA TINDLEY, LUKE VASSELA & MORE n MARY G’S, LISMORE 9.30PM PINK ZINC n TATTS HOTEL, LISMORE 8PM CHRONOLYTH, SIV, FATEM, KNUCKLE CHILDREN n SALTBAR, KINGSCLIFF 8.30PM DJ REQUEST NIGHT W DJ JOSH SATURDAY 1 n SHEOAK SHACK, FINGAL HEAD n BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 8:30PM DJ 7PM ANDY JANS-BROWN DISCROW n EVANS HEAD KIOSK 4PM n GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL, BYRON SATURDAY ACOUSTIC SESSIONS TIJUANA CARTEL n CABARITA SPORTS CLUB 7.30PM n RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON THE KIKU DUO STRANDS n SOUTH TWEED SPORTS CLUB n BYRON ARTISAN MARKET 5PM 3PM LES WILSON’S SWING CHRIS MALLORY FORCE BIG BAND, ABBY SKYE & n BYRON COMMUNITY CENTRE & MISSION X PIGHOUSE FLICKS BYRON BAY n COOLANGATTA HOTEL 8PM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL STICKY FINGERS + BOOTLEG n COCOMANGAS, BYRON DJ QC & RASCAL DJ OSHIONE n BYRON BREWERY 2PM BYRON SUNDAY 2 VIBES JAM FESTIVAL n BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 4:30PM n SOHO LOUNGE, BYRON SARA & OKA 8PM DJS FONZAIUS AND FINGAL OF RAPSKALLION LONGTIME n ST FINBARR'S HALL, BYRON n GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL, BYRON 5PM BYRON WRITERS' CENTRE CHRIS MALLORY PRESENTS LIONEL SHRIVER IN n R AILWAY HOTEL, BYRON 2PM CONVERSATION W MATTHEW WRITERS AT THE RAILS W CONDON FRANK KHOURI AND CHRISTINE n GINGER PIG, BYRON MEOW STRELAN 6.30PM BYPASS n RED TENT YOGA, BYRON 7PM n BYRON COMMUNITY MARKET JAYA LAKSHMI & ANANDA’S 10AM TJ QUINTON AND AHLIYA KIRAN & HEALING MANTRA KITE, GUY KACHEL, ANDREW CONCERT MORRIS AND MOONDOGS n KULCHA JAM, BYRON 7PM CHAD GYPSY BLUES BAND WILKINS ALBUM LAUNCH n BYRON COMMUNITY CENTRE & n WOODY’S SURF SHACK, BYRON PIGHOUSE FLICKS BYRON BAY DJ JON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL n PIZZA PARADISO, SUFFOLK PARK n TREEHOUSE, BELONGIL 2.30PM 7PM PASANDO SUNDAY FUNDAY DJS 7PM n TREEHOUSE, BELONGIL JIMMY DANNY ROSS DOWLING n BYRON BREWERY 7.30PM ANDY n BANGALOW HOTEL 7PM BILL JANS-BROWN DUO JACOBI n SOHO LOUNGE, BYRON SUNSET n BANGALOW BOWLO 7.30PM A COCKTAILS W ROXY CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC OF n ST ELMOS, BYRON ROD MURRAY PAUL KELLY DUO n HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7.30PM n HOTEL BRUNSWICK 4PM WILD BROADFOOT MARMALADE n LULU’S, MULLUMBIMBY 11AM n POINCIANA CAFE, MULLUMBIMBY GABY BOGART 2PM SUNDAY SUMMER n MIDDLE PUB, MULLUMBIMBY 7PM SESSIONS IN THE GARDEN OF SABOTAGE GROOVE FEAT DJS DAVE DOGG & GUESTS n BILLINUDGEL HOTEL 7PM SHYBABY n BILLINUDGEL HOTEL 3PM JAM n SOUNDLOUNGE, CURRUMBIN TIJUANA CARTEL n SOUTH TWEED SPORTS CLUB 5.30PM DUALITY

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SESSION FEAT JERRY & THE ROLLERS, WEATHERLESS n LENNOX HOTEL 4PM SARAH GRANT n BALLINA BOWLING CLUB, CHERRY ST 12PM COUNTRY MUSIC DAY n ELTHAM HOTEL 2PM LEIGH JAMES n SPHINX ROCK CAFE, MT BURRELL 2PM BREE BULLOCK n CHINDERAH TAVERN 2PM MATT BUGGY n PACIFIC HOTEL, YAMBA 3PM ADAM BROWN

MONDAY 3 n BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 8PM HIT THAT HIT MUSICAL BINGO n GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL, BYRON LUKE & SEBASTIAN n RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON STEPHEN LOVELIGHT n BYRON COMMUNITY CENTRE BYRON BAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL n COCOMANGAS, BYRON DJ BRETT T n BYRON BREWERY 7.30PM LOVE CLUB SPOKEN WORD NIGHT n WOODY’S SURF SHACK, BYRON DJ ADRIAN n BANGALOW BOWLING CLUB 3PM HI DAD HI MUM: HIGH TEA WRITING EVENT WITH STEVE BISLEY n SOUTHPORT BOWLS 7PM TUHI TIMOTI AND FRIENDS

TUESDAY 4 n BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 7:30PM OPEN MIC NIGHT n GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL, BYRON SCOTT DAVY n RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON JASON DELPHIN n BYRON COMMUNITY CENTRE BYRON BAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL n COCOMANGAS, BYRON DJ BRETT T n BYRON BREWERY 8PM MOJO DISCO T ECHO W DJ 1 EYE SAMURA1 n KULCHAJAM, BYRON 7PM MOVEMENT MEDICINE ECSTATIC DANCE n GINGER PIG, BYRON ROB BANGO n WOODY’S SURF SHACK, BYRON DJ JON n BANGALOW HOTEL 8PM BRACKETS OPEN MIC n LENNOX HOTEL 6PM ROB SARIC n LISMORE WORKERS CLUB 7.30PM JIM KELLY’S THRILLSEEKERS

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Cinema Review NEBRASKA IMDb, the film reference site, tells me that if I liked this I’ll like Inside Llewyn Davis, to which I say, ‘give me a break!’ Alexander Payne’s sad but funny, quiet but emotionally rowdy movie is streets ahead – and it’s also fortified by kindness, a trait in which the Coen brothers can hardly ever be accused of over-indulging. Bruce Dern, who has aged like a fine wine, is Woody Grant, a wiry-haired, forgetful pissartist who, upon receiving a scam ‘you have won’ leaflet actually believes that he has a million bucks coming his way.

He sets out on foot to make the journey from Montana to Nebraska to collect his money. He will not be dissuaded, so his son David (Will Forte) takes time off his deadbeat job in an electrical goods shop to drive him to his destination. After a minor accident that sees Woody hospitalised, his feisty wife Kate (June Squibb) and older brother Ross (Bob Odenkirk) complete the entourage as the Grants, stopping over in their hometown, are exposed to the stark reality of their family history and

the opportunism of one-time friends and distant relatives who all demand a slice of the windfall. When you see a lot of flicks, you can’t help arriving at the conclusion that most humour these days is try-hard, foolishly contrived or over-reliant on vulgarity for a laugh – sometimes all three at once – but the episode in which the brothers steal a compressor had me chortling uncontrollably in recognition of the blokes’ all too common silliness and ineptitude. Other scenes tend occasionally to drift into Coen-esque

untruthfulness in observation – the roomful of flannelshirted hayseeds sitting silently like Easter Island idols watching the gridiron is kitsch and cruel. Shot in a rustic B&W that highlights the vast, dry landscape from which his characters have evolved, and tempered by a recurring melody of the sweetest melancholy, Payne’s teasing out of the minutiae that determine the flow of our lives is a tonic for anybody seeking reconciliation with the foggy past. ~ John Campbell

us back to the bog rather than elevate us above it, you really mustn’t let a movie like this (and Nebraska) come and go without taking in its intelligence and humanity.

As the years pass, ‘like smoke through a keyhole’, it is a popular recourse to try to revive the present with an injection of les temps perdu. Nick (Jim Broadbent) is an unfulfilled lecturer who has just been sacked from his post at a Birmingham polytechnic. He and his wife Meg (Lindsay Duncan), a beautiful but discouraged woman of a certain age, return to Paris to try to recapture the magic they experienced there in the dim and distant. Meg is distraught when the hotel where they stayed is not quite how they remembered it – it’s poky and ‘the walls are beige!’ she moans. They check into posh accommodation and in a desperately definitive scene, we get a close-up of Nick listening to music through

his MP3 player. He’s had a few vins and is mumbling the words of Dylan’s majestic Like A Rolling Stone. The camera draws back slowly and, as it does, the song bursts into full volume, with Nick standing in singlet and undies, while Meg is lying in bed watching him… they are alone together. Owning up to one’s shortcomings and delusions is a confrontation that is more often than not kept in the too-hard file. The City of Light will illuminate harshly, but forgivingly, Nick and Meg’s long, slow descent into self-oblivion. Broadbent, who is always good, is perfectly in tune with a radiant performance from Duncan, and what a treat it is to be re-acquainted with Jeff Goldblum in neurotic,

self-parodying overdrive as Morgan, the celebrity academic whose publishing triumphs and Rue de Rivoli

address represent all that Nick might have been but isn’t. A lovely film, piquant and passionate. ~ John Campbell

Every work of fiction demands a suspension of disbelief and Jason Reitman’s compassionate film of how our need to love and be loved, above all else, goes perilously close to failing this mandatory test. Told by Henry at different stages of his life (the last brief narration, by Toby Maguire, poses the question, ‘why the earlier voice?’), the events unfold over the Labor Day long-weekend – five days that Reitman manages to make seem like weeks. Apart from Adele’s phlegmatic acceptance of Frank’s presence, I found it verging

on the implausible that a hunted killer could be holedup in a suburban house, playing baseball in the yard and working outside on the family car, without somebody noticing. But I was prepared to go with it because of the brooding sexuality that grows between Adele and Frank – even if Reitman, averting explicit carnality, tends to overdo the juicy erotica of a peach-pie-making scene. Meanwhile the pair’s backstories are dealt out in short, sharp flashbacks. Adele’s state of mind is explained by an unbearable loss and

Frank’s crime is revealed as a cruel blow of fate. Winslet’s sensibilities are unerring and Brolin, if a little too stoic, is good as a man wronged. Reitman might have thought twice about his cheesy coda, but all of the pieces of his cryptic jigsaw puzzle eventually come together to complete the unpredictable but satisfying big picture. What is apparent to the outside world is only ever the tip of the iceberg – which is how it is for all of us, isn’t it? ~ John Campbell

LE WEEK-END Nuance, subtlety and insight have, by and large, fallen by the wayside in mainstream cinema’s addiction to stuffing its coffers. Because it is the only art form happy to take

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WOLF CREEK 2 (MA15+) (No free tix) Tue 25: 1:45, 4:30, 9:30pm Wed 26: 2:40, 4:30, 9:30pm Thu 27, Mon 3-Wed 5: 2:10, 4:25, 9:10 Fri 28, Sat 1: 12:10, 4:25, 9:10pm Sun 2: 12:30, 4:25, 9:10pm DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (MA15+) (No free tix) Tue 25: 11:30, 2:25, 7:10 Wed 26: 2:25, 4:50, 7:10pm Thu, Mon 3-Wed 5: 10:30, 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 Fri 28, Sat 1: 10:30, 4:40, 7:00 Sun: 10:00, 4:40, 7:00 THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (R18+) Tue 25: 3:50, 8:30 Wed 26: 10:40, 8:30 Thu 27-Sat 1, Mon 3-Wed 5: 1:00, 8:30 Sun 2: 8:30 MANDELA: A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM (M) Tue 25, Wed 26: 9:30am 12 YEARS A SLAVE (MA15+) Tue 25: 9:50am All sessions are correct at the time of publication. Current session times at: www.palacecinemas.com.au

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LABOR DAY Not many actresses can look quite so alluring as Kate Winslet with no makeup, disheveled hair and corseted in a dowdy brown sleeveless dress. Frank (Josh Brolin) obviously thinks so too, when he arrives at her doorstep, along with her young son Henry (Gattlin Griffith), after abducting them from the local supermarket. Frank, bleeding from an appendix scar, is on the lam, a convicted murderer who has just escaped from prison. Adele (Winslet) is a single mum battling to cope with social alienation and depression.

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Enjoy our balcony restaurant, intimate dining room and generous bistro food in the pub. With reasonable prices our menu reflects the wonderful local and fresh produce of the region. Large groups welcome. We also offer off-site catering. www.bangalowdining.com

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Enjoy our authentic affordable Italian food in the best Breakfast and lunch 7 days location in Bangalow with indoor and outdoor dining. Dinner 5 nights (Wed–Sun) We offer classic Italian fare with high-quality Corner of Byron/Station Sts ingredients, including wood-fired pizza Bangalow made by our Italian pizzaoilas. Reservations 6687 2247 We are fully licensed and offer all our wines by the glass (starting at $7). Take-away pizzas available. theitaliandiner.com.au We also serve Italian and other popular cocktails at $15. FB: theitaliandiner

Dominic’s Ristoranté Open for dinner Wednesday to Sunday from 5pm Fingal St, Brunswick Heads 6685 1688

Gringo’s Fresh Mex Licensed/B.Y.O. wine Dine In /Takeaway Closed Tues & Wed Open at 5.30pm Cnr. Tweed & Fawcett St. Brunswick Heads Call for reservations. 6685 1955

The Eatery

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Traditional Thai Dinner every evening 5.30-9.30pm 5/2 Fletcher St, Byron Bay 6685 5151

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Open 7 days from 12noon with slices of pizza, salads and coffee. From 5pm with full menu, cocktails and more. 95 Jonson St Byron Bay Book: 6685 5009 Takeway: 6685 5010

Fig Tree Restaurant

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Standard pastas only – seafood not included.

Sip your margarita in our casual covered garden and enjoy the fresh clean flavours of Mexico. Everything home made. Always tasty, not spicy hot. Sample some of our house salsas, such as smokey chipotle or fiery habanero. A great selection of tequilas, imported beers and wine.

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Serving sustainable, nutritious and organic fare with a modern Italian flavour. DJ set every Sunday from 4pm All cocktails $14 Nightly pizza or pasta special with wine $22 Cocktails • Wine • Pizza • Pasta • Seafood Children welcome

Here the curry pastes are freshly pounded to leave your palate dumbfounded. Here the ambrosial meals are cooked to order and the scrumptious cocktails and mocktails thrust you into a land of wonderful tales.

Located in the heart of Byron Bay, Pizza Bar Byron presents traditional Italian pizza in a chic, contemporary setting. Just a short stroll from the beach, in Byron Bay’s shopping centre, Pizza Bar Byron is open daily from midday serving casual street lunches. The restaurant opens from 5pm with a full menu of pizzas, pasta, cocktails, wine and more. Can cater for larger parties, families or intimate dinners for two.

Hog’s Breath Cafe’s menu just got better with some mouth-watering new steaks, salad, pasta and an abundance of delicious dessert selections. As usual, the diverse menu also offers chicken, seafood, snacks, burgers, ribs, kid’s meals, a range of Lite Options, plus their famous Prime Rib Steak – slow cooked for up to 18 hours for maximum flavour and tenderness. Kids eat free Mon – Wed nights and you can grab lunch for just $9.90, so there’s something to please the whole family.

Multi-award-winning restaurants

Byron Bay Woolies Plaza, Jonson St 02 6685 7103 Coolangatta Showcase on the Beach 07 5536 5455 Broadbeach The Oracle, 12 Charles Ave 07 5570 2166 www.osushi.com.au

“Australia’s Favourite Japanese Restaurant” twice running in the I Love Food Awards and “Best Asian” in Northern NSW in the Restaurant & Catering Awards for Excellence, continuing a string of 13 awards. Eat in, takeaway, licensed. Open 7 days 11am–late. Modern & traditional wholesome Japanese food and great service. Live music every Wednesday from 6pm.

ITALIAN AT THE PACIFIC Italian at the Pacific restaurant, dishing u OPEN SEVEN DAYS Italian at the Pacific ITALIAN AT THE PACIFIC Pacific provides a bustling atmospheric TO Italian LATEatatthethe We’re introducing a Open for Dinner &4PM Cocktails Italian Paciﬁc provides a inspired bustling atmospheric restaurant, dishing up contemporary Italian cuisine. OPENfrom SEVEN6pm DAYStill late 7 days restaurant, dishing up contemporary inspired freshantipasti pastas nd mai 4PMtoTOthe LATE introducing a exciting menu of taste plates, Next Beach Hotel TOWe’re NEXT THE BEACH Italian cuisineHOTEL, and some of Byron’s finest fresh pastas nd maincocktails dishes. With our new Ocean View Bar, Bay Street NEXT TO THE BEACH HOTEL, and wines. we ensure all our g we ensure6680 all our guests have the opportunity to enjoy 6680 BAY 7055 STREET 6680 7055STREET BAY 7055 some of Byron’s finest cocktails & wine. italianatthepaciﬁc.com.au italianatthepacific.com.au some of Byron’s fin italianatthepacific.com.au

Success Thai Special Lunch Mon-Fri 12-3pm

Dinner 7 days from 5pm. 3/109 Jonson St, Byron Bay 6680 7798

Experienced Thai chefs cooking fresh delicious Thai food for you. Fully Licensed Restaurant and B.Y.O. for wine. Welcome for lunch, dinner and take-away.

Beach Kitchen Open 8am till late At the Beach Hotel, Bay St, Byron Bay 6685 6402 www.beachhotel.com.au

The Balcony Breakfast, lunch & sunset balcony dining Cnr Jonson St & Lawson St, Byron Bay 6680 9666 www.balcony.com.au

Aquarius Dining and Café

Restaurant garden produce Thursday Farmers Market Dinner Sunday 100 Mile Lunches

Enjoy ocean views and our new beachstyle cuisine available breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner with the best views from our first floor balconies in the heart of Byron Bay. Authentic tapas menu from midday till late every day. Why not stop in for one of Byron’s best cocktails or a glass of wine from our award winning wine list. Relax on a comfy daybed with a cool ocean breeze and the coolest vibe in the Bay. Please view our menus and make a reservation online www.balcony.com.au

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Byron Bay International Film FestivaL

Friday February 28 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sunday March 9, 2014

The most exciting BBFF yet

Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest regional film festival on your doorstep From a dramatic sequin-clad Theremin performer to a wild dirt bike riding street gang of Baltimore, from Norwegians Z\YĂ&#x201E; UN UPUL ^PU[LY` TVU[OZ VU H remote arctic island to a real-life fantastical village for thousands VM *OPULZL K^HY]LZ [OPZ `LHYÂťZ [O )`YVU )H` 0U[LYUH[PVUHS -PST Festival promises a showcase of gripping global and local stories. ;OL )`YVU )H` 0U[LYUH[PVUHS -PST Festival has fast risen up the YHURZ VM (\Z[YHSPHU Ă&#x201E; ST MLZ[P]HSZ [V ILJVTL [OL UH[PVUÂťZ SHYNLZ[ YLNPVUHS Ă&#x201E; ST MLZ[P]HS Through a mix of documentaries, dramatic features, and short Ă&#x201E; STZ PUJS\KPUN HUPTH[PVUZ HUK the experimental, BBFF 2014 will be a platform for both renowned HUK \UKPZJV]LYLK Ă&#x201E; STTHRLYZ [V highlight issues, weave incredible O\THU Z[VYPLZ HUK KPZWSH` OH\U[PUN ]PZ\HS ILH\[` -LZ[P]HS KPYLJ[VY 1ÂťHPTLL :RPWWVU =VSRL Z[H[LZ Âş;OPZ `LHYÂťZ VÉ&#x2030; JPHS selection is without doubt our TVZ[ L_JP[PUN `L[ >P[O TVYL Ă&#x201E; STZ and premieres than ever before, P[ÂťZ HU L_JLW[PVUHS HYYH` VM Ă&#x201E; STZ MYVT HYV\UK (\Z[YHSPH HUK JV\U[YPLZ HYV\UK [OL ^VYSK Âť Âş,]LY` `LHY H [OLTL UH[\YHSS` emerges in the programming HUK ÂťZ PZ HSS HIV\[ ILPUN JVTMVY[HISL ^P[O ^OV `V\ HYL HUK `V\Y WSHJL PU [OL ^VYSK ;LSSPUN P[ OV^ P[ PZ Âť

A Closing Night to Inspire

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The fracking saga is close to the JVSSLJ[P]L OLHY[ VM )`YVU )H` HZ are the issues explored in Out in The Line Up â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a game-changing (\Z[YHSPHU NH` Z\YM Ă&#x201E; ST 3VJHS former state champion surfer +H]PK >HRLĂ&#x201E; LSK PZ VUL VM [OL Ă&#x201E; STÂťZ RL` JOHYHJ[LYZ MLH[\YLK HSVUN ^P[O THU` MHTPSPHY MHJLZ Added to the great line-up are the spectacular opening and closing UPNO[ Ă&#x201E; STZ ^P[O WV^LYM\S Z[VYPLZ [V [LSS *SVZPUN 5PNO[ Ă&#x201E; ST KPYLJ[VY *H[O` /LURLS ZH`Z VM OLY ^VYSK premiere of Rise Of The Eco Warriors Âş)`YVU )H` PZ H MYLZO festival and we are a maverick Ă&#x201E; ST ILJH\ZL ^L HYL V\[ZPKL VM H UVYTHS KVJ\TLU[HY` 0[ÂťZ TVYL VM H KYHTH HUK ^L VÉ&#x2C6; LY HU LWPJ ZJHSL JPULTH[PJ L]LU[ Âť ( MYLZO MLZ[P]HS TH]LYPJR Ă&#x201E; STZ and an epic scale â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that sounds like a recipe for the best BBFF ^LÂť]L ZLLU `L[

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L.A. star to shine at Gala Opening Night

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Friday February 28 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sunday March 9, 2014

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Indiegogo â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Crowdfunding Film: The Future. Now. This workshop will be presented by Indiegogoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s marketing and community THUHNLY ;VU` )LLU HUK will provide great insights for anyone wishing to create a successful crowdfunding campaign. Byron Community Centre, Filmmakers Lounge, Saturday March 1, 1pm, $15

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Making the Impossible Possible: the real story of Rise of the Eco-Warriors itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really like to produce an PUKLWLUKLU[ MLH[\YL SLUN[O Ă&#x201E; ST in this day and age. Join Matt /\É&#x2C6; THU (SL_ *VSL )HRLY Nicholas Wrathall and BAFTA ^PUULY /H[[PL +HS[VU Byron Community Centre, Filmmakers Lounge, Sunday March 2, 11am, $15

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SESSION 12

Friday February 28 – Sunday March 9, 2014

SESSION 16

SESSION 19

4pm, $12 includes:

7.30pm, $15 includes:

Happy Birthday

The Ringer

The Master’s Voice

Australia | Short

France/UK | Animation/Short

France/USA | Animation

After 20 years, she will celebrate the most memorable birthday of her life.

A son is reunited with his long-lost father.

Every night at 3:33 all clocks stop and time is frozen for a fraction of second.

Si-o-se Pol: The Last 12 O’Clock Boys Days of Parvis Karimpour Germany | Feature Parvis wants to reconcile with his only child Nasrin. Finding shelter in a city which is battered by the economic crisis, Parvis meets two other struggling migrants and regains hope as the search for Nasrin becomes their common quest.

SESSION 13 7.30pm, $15

This Dewdrop World USA | Environmental Film Shocked by her mother’s ALS diagnosis, Elizabeth senses a larger story that mirrors her private one.

2 Degrees

USA | Documentary Pug, a wisecracking 13-year-old living on a dangerous Westside block, has one goal in mind: to join The 12 O’Clock Boys; the notorious urban dirt-bike gang of Baltimore. He narrates their world as if explaining a dreamscape, complemented with unprecedented, action-packed coverage of the riders in their element.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 5 SESSION 17

Clunes | Documentary 2 Degrees is about nothing less than [OL Ä NO[ MVY [OL OLHS[O VM [OL WSHUL[ we call home. The abstract idea of climate change is explored through the weaving of real and emotional. While An Inconvenient Truth alerted us to the problems facing the earth, 2 Degrees is the gripping and vital Ä NO[ MVY H ZVS\[PVU

OSCARS PARTY In the BBFF Filmmakers Lounge 7.30pm, $25, Bookings Essential.

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Gyre: Creating Art from a Plastic Ocean USA | Documentary An international team of renowned artists and scientists journey to Alaska to change the way we view the number one problem threatening life in our oceans.

Butterﬂy Stories Germany | Documentary A magical trip to the world of I\[[LYÅ ` WLVWSL HSS V]LY [OL ^VYSK

Upaj: Improvise USA/India | Documentary

Netherlands | Feature

The journey of 68-year-old Kathak (North Indian Classical dance master), Pandit Chitresh Das with 32-year-old tap star Jason Samuels Smith, is an explosive East-meetsWest collaboration.

A perfect blend of satire and sincerity. A dysfunctional family gets turned on its head when the ‘perfect’ exchange student moves in. Every member of the van End family is preoccupied with his or OLY V^U WLJ\SPHY Ä _H[PVU HUK UV^ they must confront his or her own doubts, insecurities, fears and KLZPYLZ (SS Ä ]L MHTPS` TLTILYZ begin to reinvent themselves, led by MVYTLY ^HSSÅ V^LY ,]H ^OV ILNPUZ H dramatic transformation.

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Ghost Train Australia | Short Doc A documentary about the many MVYTZ VM SV]L HUK Ä UKPUN SPML PU unexpected places.

Io Sono Li (Shun Li And The Poet)

12:30pm, $8 includes:

France | Feature

Byron Bay Elders tell us what love means to them.

The story of the romantic and KPɉ J\S[ MYPLUKZOPW IL[^LLU H `V\UN immigrant Chinese woman and a Ä ZOLYTHU VM :SH]PJ VYPNPU VU HU island in the Venetian lagoon.

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SESSION 21 4pm, $12 includes:

Not Anymore: A Story Of Revolution USA | Short Doc Two young Syrians, a male rebel Ä NO[LY HUK H MLTHSL QV\YUHSPZ[ Ä NO[ HU VWWYLZZP]L YLNPTL MVY [OL freedom of their people.

Without Shepherds

ĴşŅńŏŎń (Rybalka) (Fishing) Russian Federation/Sweeden | Short Doc

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.

Byron Bay | Experimental

Audrey Of The Alps Twenty-something Audrey isn’t entirely sure what she wants to do with her life. Other young women in her position would most likely backpack or volunteer, but Audrey decides to sign on as a shepherd for the season.

A Greek tragedy told in Chinese pop music.

Six bold Pakistanis try to build a KPɈ LYLU[ [VTVYYV^! 0TYHU 2OHU H female journalist working behind Taliban lines, an ex-mujahidin seeking redemption, a trucker crossing dangerous territory to feed his family, a supermodel pushing feminism through fashion, and a subversive :\Ä YVJRLY \ZPUN T\ZPJ [V OLHS

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7.30pm, $15 includes:

Canada/China | Short Doc

Finland | Documentary

7.30pm, $15 includes:

Into the Streets

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Through the lives of two contemporary artists, Chimeras freeze-frames China at the moment when its aspirations are at war with its sense of identity.

Liquid Night

Australia | Short Doc

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South Korea | Feature

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China/USA | Short Doc

A Grand Canal

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Australia | Documentary

4pm, $12

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India/United Kingdom

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The No Name Painting Association In 2011, a group of Chinese artists gathered in New York City for an exhibition of works they made in the early seventies, during the dark days of the Cultural Revolution.

Healthy authentic Japanese cuisine

4pm, $12 includes:

Covelong Point

Byron Bay | Short Doc

FRIDAY MARCH 7

It’s not easy to earn the love of a child who has experienced the rough side of life.

Love Is – The Life Of Byron – Conversations With The Elders

A Guerra Da Beatriz (Beatriz’s War)

De Ontmaagding van Eva van End (The Deﬂowering of Eva van End)

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Out in the Lineup

SATURDAY MARCH 8 SESSION 26 10.30am, $8 includes:

Minerita

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Coney Island: Dreams for Sale

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SPECIAL PRESENTATION 10pm, $15

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Pretty Brutal

Tales of Us

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1pm, $12 includes:

King of Caravans New Zealand | Short Doc

SESSION 28

YOUNG AUSTRALIAN FILMMAKERS 3.30pm, $12 includes:

Sophieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wish

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SESSION 29 6:30pm $15 includes:

Women Who Run With The Tides

7pm, $15 includes

USA | Short

11.30am, $12 includes:

A Life Outside

The Banker USA | Short ( Z[VY` HIV\[ \UYLX\P[LK SV]L focused on a lonely scientist who [VPSZ H^H` PU H ZWLYT IHUR

Third Star

FRIDAY MARCH 7 PIGHOUSE 3 Dotty

USA | Documentary A story of passion and obsession. :P_ 5L^ 1LYZL` Z\YMLYZ ^OV NV[ VU H Z\YMIVHYK `LHYZ HNV HUK OH]LUÂ»[ Z[VWWLK [V [OPZ KH` :\YÃ&#x201E; UN MYLLaPUN waters before wetsuits existed, they MV\UK [OLTZLS]LZ PUZPKL [OL NYPW VM a passion, an obsession so deep, VUS` [OVZL ^OV YPKL ^H]LZ ^V\SK \UKLYZ[HUK ( WYP]PSLNL LHYULK H territory protected, and friendships JVTWSPJH[LK I` Ã&#x201E; LYJL JVTWL[P[PVU c DP | S | FG

SESSION 31 2pm, $12

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A Political Story

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GALA CLOSING NIGHT PARTY Screening at PALACE CINEMAS 6.30pm arrival for a 6.45pm sharp start, $60

Rise of the Eco-Warriors

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The Activist France | Feature

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PIGHOUSE FLICKS SESSIONS SATURDAY MARCH 1 PIGHOUSE 1 8.30pm, $15 includes:

Sobota Germany | Short Doc A man without morals or remorse :VIH[H ^HZ RUV^U HZ [OL TVZ[ UV[VYPV\Z WPTW HUK TLYJPSLZZ [O\N in Vienna. His memoirs topped (\Z[YPHU ILZ[ ZLSSLY SPZ[Z >OLYL KVLZ [OL MHZJPUH[PVU MVY [OL KHYR side of life come from? And what is left of him today?

Dwarves Kingdom

SESSION 32

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4.30pm $12

Byron Bay | Music Video

Australia | Documentary | Best

USA | Feature

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As the Endeavour space shuttle THRLZ P[Z Ã&#x201E; UHS QV\YUL` [OYV\NO [OL Z[YLL[Z VM 3VZ (UNLSLZ [V [OL California Science Center to the 2LUULK` :WHJL *LU[LY H KL]V[LK HUK \USPRLS` ZO\[[SL THUHNLY 3\RL >PSZVU Z[LHKMHZ[S` UH]PNH[LZ [OL path of the mission.

6pm, $15 includes:

Byron Bay | Documentary

Burra Jurra

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Satellite Beach

Australia

The Interviewer

Australia | Short

SPOTLIGHT ON BYRON TALENT

9VIIPL QVPUZ H NYV\W [V SLHYU OV^ [V swim in the ocean and learns about himself.

A deeply personal journey about fear, culture and the human desire to learn.

The Landing

SESSION 30

Curiosity

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Bound in ancient celestial ballet, UPUL SVUN KLHK RPUNZ HYPZL [V JSHPT H fallen emperor.

SESSION 33

Byron Bay | Short Doc

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SUNDAY MARCH 2

SUNDAY 9 MARCH

Dr. Salt

Byron Bay

The Crossing

BBFF presents at Byronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Palace *PULTH MVY [OL ]LY` Ã&#x201E; YZ[ [PTL 1VPU \Z Ã&#x201E; YZ[ H[ 7HSHJL MVY H ]LY` ZWLJPHS >VYSK 7YLTPLYL ^P[O ))-- *SVZPUN .HSH 7HY[` OLSK HM[LY [OL Ã&#x201E; ST at the Byron Community Centre.

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The Life And Crimes Of Doris Payne USA | Documentary (U LTV[PVUHSS` LUNHNPUN LU[LY[HPUPUN HUK Z\ZWLUZLM\S Ã&#x201E; ST about one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most notorious international jewel [OPL]LZ *VTIPUPUN ]tYP[t ZJLULZ YL JYLH[PVUZ H YPJO HYJOP]L HUK YL]LHSPUN PU[LY]PL^Z H WVY[YHP[ VM H most unusual woman.

SATURDAY MARCH 8 PIGHOUSE 4 4pm, $15 includes:

Vultures Byron Bay | Music Video ( T\ZPJ ]PKLV ^OPJO L_HTPULZ [OL LÉ&#x2C6; LJ[ VM ÂºZJLULÂ» J\S[\YL \WVU UVU JVUMVYTPUN PUKP]PK\HSZ

USA | Documentary

Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New World View USA 0UZPNO[Z HUK Ã&#x201E; UKPUNZ MYVT IPVSVN` WZ`JOVSVN` UL[^VYR ZJPLUJL systems science, business, culture HUK TLKPH ^LH]L [VNL[OLY [V YL]LHS [OL PUULY ^VYRPUNZ VM [OL O\THU L_WLYPLUJL PU [OL Z[ JLU[\Y`

AUTUMN SPECIAL Monday & Tuesday 2 courses $40 entree/main or main/dessert

For everything kitchenware, home & gift

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MARCH 4

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bbff.com.au PIGHOUSE 5 8.30pm, $15

Culantro (Coriander)

A colourful and quirky tragicomedy about a perfectly normal dysfunctional family. When the incarnation of perfection enters their lives, embodied by Veit, a German exchange student, doubt, insecurity, fear and desire invade the van End family.

SATURDAY MARCH 8 Argentina/Main Arm | Short Tobias is a teenage boy who is becoming aware of his erupting adolescence has an unusual encounter with his neighbour, Claudia.

Friday February 28 – Sunday March 9, 2014 Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview USA | Documentary 0UZPNO[Z HUK Ä UKPUNZ MYVT IPVSVN` psychology, network science, systems science, business, culture and media are weaved together to reveal the inner workings of the human experience in the 21st century.

REGENT 5

REGENT 2

4pm

4pm includes

The Hot Potato – The Road to Transformation

A Life Exposed

A Woman’s Deeper Journey Into Sex

SUNDAY MARCH 9 PIGHOUSE 6 6pm, $15 includes:

Blind Faith Byron Bay | Short Doc Being blind can limit a person’s options, but not for Jim. He has a passion for life.

Code of the West

Australia | Documentary Australia | Documentary To cool the heat on the asylum KLIH[L ¶ [OL Ä STTHRLYZ [VVR H food van around the country in the lead-up to the 2013 federal election. The mission? To see what Australia really thinks about asylum seekers.

Depuis Que Je Suis Ne (Since I Was Born) France | Documentary Like all children in the Deheisheh refugee camp on the West Bank, Tamer dreams to free his country. His father tries to protect him from the dangers bound by the Israeli VJJ\WH[PVU I\[ OL HSZV [YPLZ [V M\SÄ S his son’s dream: to see the big sea.

REGENT 3 Tau Seru (Small Yellow Field) India/Australia | Short Doc

The world is rethinking its drug policies large and small. Once a pioneer in legalising medical marijuana, the state of Montana is WVPZLK [V ILJVTL [OL Ä YZ[ PU [OL <: to repeal its medical marijuana law. Set against the sweeping vistas of the Rockies, the steamy lamplight of marijuana grow houses, and the bustling halls of the State Capitol, [OPZ Ä ST MVSSV^Z [OL WVSP[PJHS WYVJLZZ of marijuana policy reform.

MURWILLUMBAH REGENT CINEMA SESSIONS All sessions $12 and $10 conc.

FRIDAY MARCH 7 REGENT 1 7.30pm

Maiden Australia | Short In 1978, in Brisbane, Mick decides to take a risk and bet all his family’s money on one single race...

In the Indian Himalayas the son of a nomadic sheep herder is curious about the world outside his own.

WE SHIP AUSTRALIA WIDE

USA | Documentary In his Oscar®-nominated exposé Gasland, director Josh Fox alerted the world to the issue of fracking, inspiring communities world-wise to take action. Unnerving interviews and shocking data underscore this scathing indictment of unregulated industry in Fox’s powerful, not-tobe-missed follow-up. | DP | En | SJ

Check Website for session times www.cinemaregent.com or call (02) 6672 8265 Come and enjoy our freshly renovated beach-vibe dining with head chef Patrick Hobbs and his team.

Upaj: Improvise

7.30pm

De Ontmaagding van Eva van End (The Deﬂowering of Eva van End) Netherlands | Feature A colourful and quirky tragicomedy about a perfectly normal dysfunctional family.

SUNDAY MARCH 9

Great value fresh tasty food with cold beer on tap, and a selection of cocktails and wines available. Breakfast / Lunch 7 days from 8am Dinner Thurs – Sun from 6pm 16 Lawson St, Byron | 1800 028 909

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USA | Documentary

STAR COURT 4

This is the story of an unlikely friendship. 68-year-old Kathak Master Pandit Das (North Indian classical dance) and 32-year-old tap star Jason Samuels Smith come together in a unique East-meets-West dance collaboration that tours through India.

2.00pm

02 6684 6235

The Man from Coxs River

61 Stuart St Mullumbimby

info@mullummac.com www.mullummac.com

All sessions $14/$12/$10

THURSDAY MARCH 6 STAR COURT 1 OPENING NIGHT

Australia | Documentary Can a near impossible mission to save a mob of doomed brumbies in an inaccessible wilderness bring Ä LYJLS` PUKLWLUKLU[ OVYZLTHU HUK feral control National Parks Ranger to see the world through each other’s eyes?

STAR COURT 5 FAMILY-FRIENDLY FILMS 5.30pm includes:

The Lismore Lantern Parade UK | Documentary

MacBook Pro with Retina display More power behind every pixel With fourth-generation Intel Core processors, the latest graphics and faster ﬂash storage, the incredibly advanced MacBook Pro with Retina display moves even further ahead in performance and battery life.

Rock Valley | Short Doc

Unprecedented behind-thescenes access to the Dalai Lama. This unique portrait captures the inspiring, human and humorous nature of the Dalai Lama and reveals his personal and powerful legacy for this and future generations.

SUNDAY MARCH 9

USA | Documentary An incredibly moving, entertaining, and revealing story of Theremin master Armen Ra’s extraordinary origins.

Celebrate the festival’s beginnings, growth and the people who work tirelessly behind the scenes.

Thai Sabai

Felix

SATURDAY MARCH 8

Traditional Thai Massage & Foot Spa

STAR COURT 2

Treat Yourself Today Relax& Be Pampered

5pm

REGENT 4 2pm

we have the wisdom to survive?

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In a time rich with experimentation and creativity, Robin was celebrated for her ground-breaking photographs of painted bodies, and collaborations with counter-culture personalities. At the height of her success, she was transformed when ZOL Ä YZ[ L_WLYPLUJLK [OL 0UKPHU colour festival and dedicated herself to documenting the rituals of her region as a form of spiritual service.

Dalai Lama’s Road to Peace; 7.30pm Ancient Wisdom of the 14th When My Sorrow Died: Dalai Lama of Tibet The Legend of Armen Ra & the Theremin

The Wisdom to Survive: Climate Change, De Ontmaagding van Eva Capitalism & Community van End (The Deﬂowering USA | Documentary of Eva van End) Climate change is taking place. Will Netherlands | Feature

Gasland Part II

Come and visit our beautiful newly re-furbished ART DECO cinema! Friendliest independent and family-owned cinema Brand new digital system and surround sound Enjoy a coffee or wine on the balcony Only half an hour from Byron or the Gold Coast Tickets - Adults $12, Conc $10, Kids $8 Beanbags...! Contact us for Fundraising Screenings and Special Events

LISMORE STAR COURT THEATRE SESSIONS

6pm includes

USA | Documentary

100 years after the World War 1 Anzacs fought to save our country, there is a new battle ground of warriors.

STAR COURT 3

Australia | Documentary Do women need emotional connection for good sex? Meet Heidi Fleiss, Jesse Jane, Miss Cougar International and a range of ordinary dames. This MHZ[ WHJLK Ä ST ISLUKZ KVJ\TLU[HY` heightened abstractions, animation and graphics to peep into the world of female sexuality.

Lennox Head | Short Doc

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The Anzac Spirit – One Hundred Years On

South Africa | Feature 13-year-old Felix dreams of becoming a saxophonist like his late father of the famous Bozza Boys Band. Felix’s world is turned upside down when he wins a scholarship to a prestigious school.

Group Bookings Available

In Luxurious Style The Essence of Thailand

Gift Vouchers & Bulk Massage Discount Coupons Available

Beautiful stores in Byron and Bangalow Yum Cha Asian Groceries and Gifts BANGALOW – BYRON ST round the corner 6687 2808 BYRON – JONSON ST opposite the cinemas 6680 9779

Traditional Ancient Thai Massage Therapeutic Thai Oil Massage Traditional Relaxing Thai Foot Massage & Many Other Aromatherapy Treatments Open 10am ~6pm 7 Days, 115 Jonson Street, Opposite Cinemas ~ 02 6680 7373

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STEEFAN VAN JAARSVELD BACHELOR OF film - BYRON BAY

“Getting hands on with equipment, and being guided by industry professionals was by far the most enriching and exciting part of my education.” Director of Blue Sky Blue ﬁlm clip for Pete Murray

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La Table

facebook.com/byron. legendpizza Scan code for our menu! BYO Home delivery 7 days

Byron Fresh Cafe is conveniently located at the beach end of Jonson St and offers a fantastic range of meals Open Breakfast, Lunch & using many locally sourced ingredients. Come in and Dinner 7 days from 7.30am watch the world go by as you enjoy our fine food and 7 Jonson St (beach end) our superb Campos coffee. Byron Bay

Byron Fresh Cafe

6685 7810

Thai@Byron Open for dinner 7 days. Feros Arcade, Jonson St, Byron Bay 6685 6737

Belongil Bistro Brunch 7 days 7am-2pm Dinner Fri & Sat from 5.30pm 33 Childe St, Belongil 6680 9007 eat@belongilbistro.com.au Follow our Facebook offers!

Muoi’s Feast Dinner: Mon-Sat 11 Fletcher St, Byron Bay Bookings Essential 6685 7557

Take your taste buds on a culinary tour of Thailand! Experienced Thai chefs cooking fresh, authentic Thai cuisine with love! Popular with locals and tourists alike. Dine -in and take-away. Fully licenced bar. The peaceful beachside diner – serious food, drinks and coffee. Wifi, papers and ocean breezes in beautiful surrounds. Friday Curry nights – every week a curry from around the world served our way. Private dining, corporate and wedding services available. Endless concepts for stylish celebration.

Muoi’s Feast has created a strong following since opening in 2003. Winning numerous awards for its international cuisine, the Asian section of the menu is the predominant favourite. Enjoy for dinner.

Fishheads

SENSATIONAL SEAFOOD

Open 7 days 7:30am till late 1 Jonson Street

functions and weddings

open 7 days coffee - breakfast - lunch - dinner

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6680 7632

Rae’s Fish Cafe Lunch & Dinner 7 days Wategos Beach, Byron Bay 6685 5366 raes@wategos.com.au

Casual relaxed seaside dining overlooking the picturesque Wategos beach. Using the freshest produce and seafood from throughout the region. Rae’s is an iconic restaurant with a reputation as the best in the area.

WINNER OF CHEF'S HAT

st elmo dining room & bar

St Elmo is a place where you can enjoy great company, first-class food, sophisticated cocktails and an extensive wine list. St Elmo is plating up modern Spanish cuisine Mon-Sat: 4pm till late Sun: Lunch & dinner 12-10pm to be enjoyed amongst friends and family. Our menus change regularly and feature daily specials. Cnr Fletcher St and Lawson SUNDAYS we have live music and $10 cocktails Lane, Byron Bay 1.30pm–4pm. 6680 7426 www.stelmodining.com

Ginger Pig

• Locally sourced sustainable produce • Serving modern Mediterranean cuisine; sharing or traditional dining cooked by award winning team • Local and international craft beers and wines • Locally roasted coffee from Ground Control • Happy hour 4-6 every day, $5 Coopers, $6 wine and $10 cocktails facebook – instagram gingerpigrestaurant.com.au • Live music or DJ every night; see the Echo gig guide

KINGSCLIFF

Breakfast , lunch and dinner 7 days Cnr Marvell and Jonson Sts, Byron Bay 6685 7320

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If you’ve noticed the similarity between the cake offerings around the region, you’ll be pleased to know that the restaurant’s kitchen is in operation six days a week and all the cakes and pastries are made in house. A quick scan of just the gluten-free options: Italian torte, mixed berry friand, almond fruit cake and chocolate mousse cake, and for the dairy-lovers apparently the house-made Barambah organic vanilla bean icecream is very popular. La Table takes their coffee seriously – it’s one of the best coffees in Mullumbimby and they pride themselves as being pioneers in the region: they were the first to serve organic coffee with organic milk; and since mid last year are now coffee merchants, offering different blends of Espresso Botero fresh coffee that customers can take home packaged, whole bean or ground to order. Anyone in the restaurant industry knows the long hours required to make a success of one establishment, let alone two at once. To create a more desirable work/family balance, Bruno and Louise changed the restaurant concept in June 2013. Now, in addition to offering private catering for intimate gatherings and special groups, the La Table ‘Resto’ hosts a special event dinner in the style of what the French call ‘table d’hôtes’– a set menu at a fixed price with a certain number of dishes. This unique set menu, threecourse dining experience is on the first Saturday of each month. The menu According to Bruno and Louise, from the is based on this model, Louise explains, ‘serving beginning the aim of La Table has been the food we love, using fine ingredients cooked integrity and quality; to ‘not want to settle for less’. Chef Bruno says the aim is to serve, ‘French beautifully. The whole experience is wrapped in enthusiasm, love, fun and with a great deal of Mediterranean-style cuisine from quality, seasonal, local produce’. soul. It’s about eating with friends and enjoying Visiting the cafe at 10.30 on a Monday morning, what has been cooked for you… adapted to our Australian version of hospitality.’ there were about 50 people sitting in couples eating and talking. Given that there are a Guests are normally informed of the event by lot of cafes and not very many tourists in private newsletter; the next monthly dinner is Mullumbimby, what’s going on? Cafes can this Saturday 1 March and the menu includes become a de-facto office; La Table with its large a surprise appetiser followed by entrée of covered private tables also seems to double goats cheese and pecan tartlet, carmelised as a meeting room for groups of 20 or so from fig and baby greens; a main course of braised around the shire. wild barramundi, tomato and tarragon risotto, saffron buerre blanc, wilted greens and dessert As a regular vegetarian diner, it’s possible to of poached Bosc pear, coconut macaroon and cycle through the options without getting chocolate sauce. $59 per person. Reservations sick of them – favourites are the omelette are essential as seating will be limited for Provencale with ratatouille, goat cheese, basil these ‘table d’hôte’ events and special dietary and sourdough ($16); zucchini and haloumi fritters ($15) and the lentil and veggie burger requests need to be discussed at the time of with beetroot relish, caramelised onions, reservation. cheese and aioli on Turkish bread ($16). If you’re LA TABLE Breakfast / lunch Mon-Fri 8amfeeling extravagant try the pan-fried potato 4pm, Sat 9am-2pm. Dinner once a month. and goat cheese gnocchi with Napoli sauce, 72 Burringbar St Mullumbimby. courgette, pesto and olives ($21) which can Ph 02 6684 2220. be washed down with a bottle of wine, or if facebook.com/la.table.byron you’re feeling ascetic you can enjoy the daily changing salad. www.latable.com.au

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MULLUMBIMBY IS A RELAXED TOWN and yet is blessed with a number of quality eateries. Perhaps its greatest lack in the past has been a quality restaurant open regularly at night. The arrival of French chef Bruno Pouget and his Australian partner Louise five years ago initiated an evolution in the Mullumbimby cafe scene, raising the bar particularly in regard to the evening fare. The twin cafe and restaurant of La Table stand side by side on Mullumbimby’s main street and both combine ‘naturale-grooviness’ with relaxed, modern style and offer interior dining, as well as alfresco seating extending from a large pergola to an expansive courtyard garden with plenty of shade. The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide has recommended and reviewed La Table every year since 2009, and it was the first in the Byron region to be recognised in their Top 10 Sustainable Restaurants in NSW.

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CIRCUITS PLUS For everything electrical. Friendly & professional. Lic 201844C ...........0422 668582

BRUNSWICK HOLISTIC DENTAL CENTRE ......................................................................66851264 SUNSHINE ELECTRICAL SERVICES NSW Competetively Priced. Quality Work. Lic 116938C .0416 043414 BANGALOW DENTAL In the Medical Centre Complex, Bangalow .....................................66872766 DENBY ELECTRICAL Solar & Electrical reliable technician. Lic 225484C........................0432 767764 SHORES DENTAL Brian Donnellan & Richard Conn. Rajah Rd, Ocean Shores ....................66803477 BYRON WEST ELECTRICS Sunrise / Byron A&I Estate. Lic 145002C. Jim .......................0403 747615 GAVIN STUART & MARTIN ACKLAND Banora Seaview Dental, Banora Point

24 HOUR SERVICE

Problems with your Macbook, iMac, iPad, Mac Pro or iPhone?

LITTLE LANE DENTAL, MULLUMBIMBY ...........................................................................66842816

DESIGN & DRAFTING

Local certified Mac Help and Support for all jobs big and small - Call 0401 126 393

BAREFOOT BUILDING DESIGN www.barefootbuildingdesign.com .........Bob Acton 0407 787993

www.maclifesaver.com.au

MICHAEL SPITERI ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING SERVICE .....................................0417 713033 DAVID ROBINSON DRAFTING Renovation, design & plans........................................0419 880048 BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING www.beedad.com.au...............0432 531448

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0439 624 945

Domestic Commercial

02 66 804 173 All Jobs Small or Large

Lic: 154293c

30 mins north of Ewingsdale. Open Sat. early & late appointments ..............................07 55234090

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Service Directory ELECTRICIANS (continued)

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL

licence no. 201775c

0458 267 777

Lic. 211410C

ELECTRICAL PHONE TV

Lic. No.

212742C Friendly & helpful Clean & tidy On time Over 30 years experience Rapid response 24/7 service

0432 331 633 for details

1300 639 843

electrical

SERVICES PTY LTD

MULLUM-MOWING@mullumonline.net. Ride-on, large lawns & acreage.........Peter 0423 756394 OCEAN SHORES GLASS AND SCREENS Glass splashbacks Lic No 61205C .........................66803333 GUTTERS CLEANED All areas, free quotes, fully insured ............................... 66841778 or 0405 922839 ALL GLASS BYRON BAY Shower screens & mirrors ............................................................66857200 A TO Z GARDEN SERVICES Lawns, acreage, hedges, clear ups, gutters, pressure cleans .0405 625697 LEADLIGHTS NEW & REPAIRS. Tony ..............................................................................0427 338309 A.C.E. LAWNMOWING Cheap, reliable, guaranteed .....................Sam 0438 655763 or 66859754 ABSOLUTE GARDEN WASTE REMOVAL OR WHATEVER Large trailer. Free quotes ......66804704 LEAF IT TO US Acreage/residential mowing/gardening, tree lopping, landscaping ......0402 487213 MOW JOES Lawn & garden maintenance, ride-on mowing. Fully insured ..............Joe 0407 065849 A GREEN EARTH Garden restoration, maintenance, tree & rubbish removal ...............0405 716552 ACREAGE BRUSHCUTTING & CLEARING SERVICES Lantana specialists ...................0412 705962 NICK’S MOWING Lawns, edges, hedges, local & reliable. Mullum, Bruns, O.Shores .....0418 792279 SPECIALIST WEED CONTROL CONTRACTORS/CONSULTANTS ...............................0418 110714 LAWNS & GARDENS Acreage, residential, gardens, brushcutting, tip runs etc ... 0430 297101 or 66845437 HINTERLAND Property Maintenance acreage mowing, servicing Byron Hinterland. Sam ...0429 809363 BYRON SHIRE LAWN & GARDEN All aspects of garden maint, brushcut & rubbish removal 0468 922899 CLASS GRASS Acreage/residential mowing. Handyman services .......................................... 0401 057164 LUSH GARDENS Affordable & Reliable – All aspects of garden maintenance. Chris ....0415 277979 BLITZ IT OUTDOORS Acreage/residential, lawns/gardens, l’scaping, pressure clean...Adam 0419 260654 ABOUT BYRON Lawnmowing, houses to acreage, rubbish removal ..Rick 0409 654946/66804476 B/O.S. THE ORIGINAL LAWNS’N’GARDENS ................................................................0400 154000 NORTHERN RIVERS MOWING Acreage specialist. Small/large jobs. Sen/pen rate ......0428 544190 YARD MAINTENANCE Lawns, rubbish removal, gardening. ........Mark 66843426 or 0437 343348 COMPLETE GARDEN SERVICE Including lawns, tip runs. Experienced & references.....0405 529275 MATTY & MUSSY’S friendly lawn & tree service ...........................................................0423 298597 THE GUTTER GURU Cleaning, repairs & all your gutter needs. Call Sam for a free quote...0459 821411

Electrical and appliance repairs 0427 402 399 24/7 EMERGENCY CALL OUTS NO JOB TOO BIG OR SMALL RELIABLE AND PROFESSIONAL TEAM

GUTTERING

Gutter guard Gutter cleaning Locally owned Fully insured Free quotes Call Junior for friendly, genuine advice and service.

Lic No. 262667C

www.spotlessgutters.com.au

0405 922 839 or AH 6684 1778 ABN 180 623 364 42

FENCING BEDNARZ, H & W, FENCING Specialise in pool, Colorbond & timber fencing .............0417 491136 BYRON & BEYOND FENCING Any fence, any time, prompt quotes .....66804766 or 0416 424256 E.D.L. FENCING Installations & repairs, prompt service .........................66771852 or 0432 107262 A KANGAMAN Post Hole Boring, Retaining Walls & Farm Fencing ...............................0424 234500 HOMESTEAD FENCING Since 1995. Glass & aluminium pool fencing specialists. Lic 227674C .66222886

COASTALVIEW FENCES

HANDYPERSONS

WE FIX

PUMPS MOWERS CHAINSAWS BRUSHCUTTERS RIDE-ONS ONSITE PUMP AND RIDE-ON SERVICE

101-105 Dalley St, Mullumbimby

6684 2022

brick~timber~stone~brush~paling~pool Repairs, Free Quotes, Small Jobs, Reliability

Phone Richard 0419 803 549

FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING ECO TIMBER FLOORS Sanding, polishing & repairs..............................................Trent 0432 501721

BYRON BAY FLOOR SANDING • Free Quotes • Quality Workmanship • Supply & Install Boral Solid Timber Floors • Locally Owned And Operated • Specialty Timber Finishes

FARM PICK UP PRICES CT-2 Couch – B Grade $2.80 /m2 Soft Leaf Buffalo – B Grade $5.50 /m2

• Prices are GST inclusive • Pick up Ex-Farm – forklift loaded • Cut fresh: require half day advanced notice • DELIVERY EXTRA

Trading hours: 7am-4pm Monday to Friday

6684 7380

New & old ﬂoors – stairs For a free quote & quality guaranteed call Chris Mundey 0422 982 008 www.cmtimberﬂooring.com.au

HIRE

• Irrigation • Landscaping • Over 20 yrs experience

MULLUM HIRE Builders, party and much more .......................www.mullumhire.com.au 66843003 BYRON HIRE Building & home handyman equipment hire ....... www.byronhire.com.au 66856228 SOUND, LIGHTING & VIDEO equipment hire & installation, crystalgrid.com.au ..........0421 661910

Zac 0468

344 939

Call Jeff 02 6680 1728 0408 666 418

Licence No: 175956C ABN 93 113 342 699

Brent 0431 550 401 byronbayranga@gmail.com

GARAGES & SHEDS Better sheds. Bigger choice

Northern Rivers Sheds – Garages – Carports Affordable Homes Casino (02) 6662 1805 Lismore (02 6622 0976 Travanne Homes Pty Ltd. Lic 198310C.

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KITCHENS

BUDGE PRICEST FULLY INSURE D

Lawn and Handyman Services

INTERIOR DESIGN KATE PLATT Interior Designs, www.kateplatt.com................................0411 888416 or 66807606 d’ART INTERIORS www.dartinteriors.com.au. Call Patricia ...................0417 336816 or 66884768 DESIGN UNIT / SYDNEY grown designer ......................................................................0403 488127

& Byron Shires Tweed

Lic 181445C

GARAGE DOORS

• OTHER HEALTH RELATED SECTIONS IN THIS SERVICE DIRECTORY: Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Counselling, Dentists, Naturopathy, Nutrition, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry MULLUMBIMBY MEDICAL CENTRE 60 Stuart St ............................................................66841511 ACUPUNCTURE & COSMETIC MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne...........................................66857366 MULLUMBIMBY MASSAGE, CHIROPRACTIC & PERSONAL TRAINING......................66841028 MULLUMBIMBY HERBALS Naturopathy, massage. 79 Stuart St .....................................66843002 BRYANT HOPLEY Herbalism, homeopathy, nutrition. Byron Bay .....................................66857225 MULLUMBIMBY SKIN CLINIC 58 Stuart Street .................................................................66844400 MUDITA CLINIC Ayurveda, Counselling, Mindfulness. www.muditaclinic.com .................66846090 KEVIN FITZGERALD Massage, yoga. www.aimhighhealth.com.au ..............................0408 694655

ACREAGE MOWING SPECIALIST

0408 536 565 Floor Sanding & Polishing

A TO Z HANDYMAN/LANDCARE SERVICES..................... Phone Andre 66847553 or 0439 495247 CAPE BYRON PROP MAINTENANCE Tom Scott byronmaintenance@gmail.com ......0418 600576 MULLUM HANDYMAN Maintenance, repairs, painting, tip runs, gardening ...............0424 954388 HANDYMAN with 25 years carpentry & treework experience............................................66840227 A.S.A.P. HANDYMAN SERVICES Fast, efficient, best solutions for all jobs big or small 0405 625697 ALL-WAYS HANDY-CARPENTRY New and reno work. Lic 221584C. Ph Steve ..............0416 043297 LITTLE ANT Complete property maintenance, handyman, lawnmowing .....................0437 799811 GREG’S HANDYMAN SERVICE No job too small. Free quotes .......................................0414 109595 SKILLED HANDYMAN Why fix it yourself, leave it to us. Lic 203206C ...........................0424 158585

HEALTH

Coastalview Property Maintenance

North Coast

GLAZIERS

GRAPHIC DESIGN

JAMIE 0408 809 817

Please call Blair Rankin on

netdaily.net.au

North Coast news daily:

SHAUN LEMURA KITCHENS Byron 15yrs+ qual. exp. www.shaunlemurakitchens.com.au ....0499 771769 ALL GLASS BYRON BAY Splashbacks .................................................................................66857200 C & C KITCHEN SOLUTIONS Kitchens & bathrooms, quality at affordable prices ...............66872275 • Garden and Property Maintenance • Soft Landscaping • Decking • Paving • General Repairs • Tip Runs • Fully Insured and Reliable

GARDEN DESIGN GARDEN DESIGN, FENG SHUI www.simplybeautifulspaces.com.au ......................... Lyn 0428 884329 LANDSCAPE DESIGN & PLANS Lic no. 39791 www.varendorfflandscapes.com ..........0414 842602

GAS SUPPLIERS

LANDSCAPING SUBTROPICALLANDSCAPES.COM.AU 20 years exp. Lic 231789C................................0405 122456 VARENDORFF LANDSCAPES www.varendorfflandscapes.com Lic 39791 ...................0414 842602 SHANE TURNER LANDSCAPES Solid, creative, affordable............................................0418 688171 A KANGAMAN Mini Bobcat, Tiptruck, Trenching, Pruning, Retaining walls ...................0424 234500

• Sand • Soils • Gravels • Pots & statues • Lots, lots more

1176 Myocum Rd, Mullumbimby (just past golf course)

6684 2323 / 0418 663 983

Mimosa Rocks Landscapes Quality structural landscaping Specialist in stone masonry • Retaining & feature walls • Swimming pools • Paving • Pizza ovens • Timber decks • Tiling • Water features • Garden maintenance

15 years experience locally & abroad

Steve ‘Tui’ Toohill 0457 076 713

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Hunky Dory Farm

$33.00 per metre plus delivery â&#x20AC;˘ Minimum 3 metre loads Medium and coarse chop also available all the same price A bottle of tea tree oil and bar of soap FREE with every delivery.

From the farm to you â&#x20AC;˘ 0424 163 784 â&#x20AC;˘ Eftpos available

X FINALIST OF THE MASTER PAINTERS OF AUSTRALIA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE X ENVIRO FRIENDLY PAINTING www.duluxaccredited.com.au

Outdoor Wood Fired Ovens

X 6680 7573 0415 952 494 X www.yvesdewilde.com.au LIC 114372C

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â&#x20AC;˘ An investment in lifestyle and entertaining Phone â&#x20AC;˘ Enjoy the taste of Wood Fired cooking Simon Henry â&#x20AC;˘ Byron Bay & surrounding areas 0408 508 242 â&#x20AC;˘ Built on site www.glenthompsonbricks.com.au

MARK STRATTON PLUMBING All aspects & emergency work. Lic 57803C ..................0419 019035

QUALITY PAINTING SERVICES

Lic 167371C

FINE CHOP TEA TREE MULCH

YVES DE WILDE

ALIAS PLUMBING 24hr blocked drains & maintenance specialist Lic 230095C. Terry ...0416 282919 ED RIORDAN PLUMBING Efficient, honest & reliable. Lic L6966 ..................................0417 343480 TAP KING PLUMBERS Pipe problems, electronic water leak detection. Lic 237124C ........66770004

NEED A PLUMBER? DRAINER? GASFITTER?

Chay 6680 5081 0429 805 081 Byron Shire

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ALAN MALONE â&#x20AC;˘ Structural Landscaping â&#x20AC;˘ All styles of Paving â&#x20AC;˘ Brickwork â&#x20AC;˘ Lawn Area â&#x20AC;˘ Water Features â&#x20AC;˘ Irrigation Work â&#x20AC;˘ Rock Work â&#x20AC;˘ Retaining Walls

Over 20 yrs experience â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Friendly reliable service Ring Dean on 0417 856 212 Lic. 263202C

LAWNMOWER REPAIRS BYRON Mower, Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;cutter, Châ&#x20AC;&#x2122;saw, all small engine repairs, pickup & delivery .................0429 707286 TYAGARAH MOWER REPAIRS Pacific Hwy (next to Bruns Wreckers), Tyagarah ..........0488 094025

LIGHTING Architectural & Landscape Lighting Specialists Free onsite consultancy service

Painter and Decorator Over 30 years experience for a friendly hassle free job Licence No 97474

BLOCKED DRAIN SPECIALISTS â&#x20AC;˘ High pressure drain cleaner â&#x20AC;˘ Leak detection â&#x20AC;˘ CCTV drain camera â&#x20AC;˘ Seniors card discount Lic. 4838

6680 9997 â&#x20AC;˘ www.capebyronplumbing.com.au

0412 794 364

â&#x20AC;&#x153;MASTER BLASTAâ&#x20AC;?

PEST CONTROL

RAPID RESPONSE BLOCKED DRAINS SPECIALISTS SEWER JETTER, DRAIN CAMERA, PIPE & CABLE LOCATION, LEAK DETECTION

RELAX... Safe, effective pest control is our business â&#x20AC;˘ Comprehensive management plans & property inspections â&#x20AC;˘ Spray-free cockroach treatments â&#x20AC;˘ Non-toxic termite control

24 HR SERVICE

0481 390 273 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 0435 945 810 masterblastas@gmail.com

PODIATRY

If you have found termites do not disturb them! Contact us for advice. 6685 4490 or after hours on 0414 769 018 â&#x20AC;˘ www.sanctuarypest.com.au

COASTAL PODIATRY GROUP All aspects of Podiatry. Lennox Head. Matt Frogley ...........66877717

PRINTER TONERS & CARTRIDGES

Unit 5, 21-23 Tasman Way, Byron Bay Arts & Ind. Est. (02) 6680 7007 www.creativelightingsolutions.com.au

MOTORING MECHANICAL REPAIRS, WARREN SIMMONS Byron Bay .................................................66858500

PEST MAN

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Extraordinaireâ&#x20AC;? 0418 110 714

PRINTING & COPYING SERVICES

2ND OPINIONS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ALTERNATIVE VIEWS

Lic: AU29498

PHYSIOTHERAPY BANGALOW PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, acupuncture, pilates. Liz Thomas, Cally Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hara, Troy Eady .....................................................................................66872330 TRADITIONAL & DIGITAL PRINTING NICK EDMOND Physiotherapy, acupuncture. Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday %XVLQHVV &DUGV Â&#x2021; )O\HUV Â&#x2021; 3RVWHUV Â&#x2021; 6WLFNHUV â&#x20AC;˘ Tyres â&#x20AC;˘ Batteries â&#x20AC;˘ Wheel Alignments Corner Dalley & Burringbar Sts, Mullumbimby ....................................................................66843255 LEGENDARY art@mullumprintworks.com.au ä&#x2013;˛ 6684 3633 MULLUMBIMBY TYRE SERVICE ANTHONY Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ORSOGNA Physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, acupuncture Suffolk Park 1 Bryce St.. 66853511 OFFROAD TYRES Dalley Street, Mullumbimby 6684 2016 CLAUDIA MIRDITA Craniosacral therapy, physiotherapy....................................................66857222 CONTINENCE / PELVIC FLOOR Janelle Angel .................Bangalow 66872337 & Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;bah 66723818 PETRA KARNI Physiotherapy, Craniosacral, Alexander Technique. Byron..........................66807207 MAN WITH A VAN/TRUCK Reasonable rates. Phone Don ...........................................0414 282813 OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, dry needling, custom orthotics, BRYANT HOPLEY Herbalism, homeopathy, nutrition. Byron Bay .....................................66857225 remedial massage. Nigel Pitman, Ilse v.Oostenbrugge, Lachlan Dewar ..............................66803499 BRISBANE, SYDNEY Local, Affordable, 20yrs exp. travellingbenny@gmail.com .........0412 363930 LIBBIE NELSON PHYSIO â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Acupuncture, yoga & therapy, BFL, Herbs, CS. Byron Bay ......0416 369698 LITTLEGREENTRUCK.COM.AU Ute + driver from $30, small moves & tip runs ...........0415 194654 EWINGSDALE PHYSIO Renata Tenta. Flexi-Bar Training. Real Time Ultrasound ...................... 66847838 BYRON OSTEOPATHIC CARE Eve Schoenheimer & Courtney Ward Mon-Fri ....................66853660 NORTH COAST OSTEOPATHY Jodie Jacobs & Jamie Bennett. Mon-Fri .............................66857517 OSTEOPATH SINCE 1975 Old school, Lennox Head. Michael Petrie ...................................66874410 BILLINUDGEL CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING 7/1 Wilfred St, Billinudgel .......................66803444

REMOVALISTS

NATUROPATHY OSTEOPATHY

PICTURE FRAMING

MULLUM PICTURE FRAMERS & MEXICAN ART 75 Stuart Street.............................0403 734791

Sue Broadbent and Toby Mills

Clinic open for Osteopathy and Massage every day except Wed & Sun 2/32 Mullumbimbi St, Brunswick Heads. Tel 02 6685 1126

PAINTING

phone 66801158 or 0408 004719

quality art supplies Still @ the centre â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3 Centennial Ct â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 6685 5808

Andyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Move & More

PLASTERING

PLASTERING CONTRACTOR

0438 784 226 â&#x20AC;˘ 6685 4154

Lic No 189144C

BYRON BAY

â&#x20AC;˘ Domestic & Commercial â&#x20AC;˘ Servicing all areas â&#x20AC;˘ Workmanship guaranteed â&#x20AC;˘ Attention to detail

6685 1018 or 0413 666 267

ALL WORK GUARANTEED Domestic & Commercial

Friendly & Clean

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C. A. Warwick Lic. No. 114578C Â&#x2021; )UHH TXRWHV Â&#x2021; *\SURFN Ă&#x20AC; [LQJ VHWWLQJ

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451 186 / 6680 4660

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PLASTIC WELDING PLUMBERS

Lic 184464C

Bruce Timbs

DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL

PLASTIC WELDING Kayak sales & repairs ........................................................... John 0411 443384

B Timbs Painting

Ready for work within & beyond Byron Brisbane Sydney backloading For careful service & great rates

CUSTOM MADE FRAMING

professional canvas stretching & giclee printing

DEREK BULLION PAINTING Free quotes. Lic R98818 ..........................0414 225604 or 66805049 AD PAINTING by John Hand. Lic 13246C ...............................................0413 185399 or 66841249 COL JENKINS PLASTER Gyprock, renovations, repairs. No job too small .....................0401 078733 KELVIN & ROBERT TEALE Painters & decorators. Lic R65919 ..............0400 349027 or 0438 842731 DUNCANSON PLASTERING Gyprock, prof. finish, free quotes. Lic 255548C ...............0402 538155 BYRON PAINTING Immediate starts, great rates. Lic 239832C .....................................0427 669806 GLENN WATERS For the finish you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see. Lic 58928C...............................................0427 908129 FLYNNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PAINTING Professional, friendly, clean. Lic 130521C ...............0410 520647 or 66843542 CONDIE PAINTERS Interior, exterior, 4th generation painter. Lic 261054C ...................0428 075926

ALL-WAYSPAINTING

BEYOND BYRON REMOVALS

JARRAH DAVIDSON Plumbing, draining, gas fitting & roofing. Lic 187712C ..............0438 668025 BILL CONNORS All plumbing/draining. Lic #1051..................................66801403 or 0414 801403 I LOVE PLUMBING Call Steve Lic 148904C ....................................................................0412 916140 HRH PLUMBING (new business) Prompt, reliable, efficient. Lic 220755C ........Harley 0402 652017 DART PLUMBING Plumbing, roofing, gas. Byron Bay. Lic 1175539C.............................0421 334515

Small and Medium Moves, Tip Runs and Deliveries, 1 or 2 Men at Low Prices Byron Bay and Mullumbimby based

Call cost save

0429 149 533

I can call u back

SHIRE REMOVALS & FREIGHT CO From Middle Pocket to Middle Earth â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just give us a ring

â&#x20AC;˘ Freight services to Brisbane Mon & Wed â&#x20AC;˘ Carriers of ďŹ ne art â&#x20AC;˘ Furniture removal â&#x20AC;˘ E-bay pick up & delivery

6687 6445 / 0409 917646

LEAPFROG REMOVALS BYRON BAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LOCAL REMOVALIST MOVING THE SHIRE FOR OVER 10 YEARS

0432 334 200 02 6680 8170 leapfrogremovals@yahoo.com.au

Removalists continued on next page The Byron Shire Echo February 25, 2014 35

Service Directory REMOVALISTS (continued)

SHE TILES

For tips & testimonials

Friendly Staff No weekend surcharge

search “Lighthouse Removals”

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Plus Check our website for how to get

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free boxes and a 10% discount

LIGHTHOUSE REMOVALS (02) 6684 5395

042050 5395

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02 6684 2198

Lic. No. 216827C Because a woman understands excellence

TILER OF THE BAY CALL ROBERT 0414 818 169

Lic 219684C

...forget pointless scrubbing

Our unique restoration process will make your dirty tile & grout look

EVERYTHING ROOFING Restorations, repairs, gutter cleaning. Free quote. Lic 252254C.....0422 757784

RUBBISH REMOVAL

BRAND NEW again... GUARANTEED!!!

BEST SKIPS BANGALOW 2m2, 4m2, 6m2 bins ......................................0417 458149 or 66871544 OCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialists ........................................0412 161564 or 66841232 BYRON SKIPS & RUBBISH REMOVAL 2, 3, 4 & 6 m3 bins available .............................0450 300360 TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVAL.................................................................................0408 210772 BUDGET RUBBISH REMOVAL Garden clean ups .................................................Mark 0421 932945

9 Tile, Grout & Stone Cleaning & Sealing 9 Silicone 9 Grout Colouring 9 Re-Grouting 9 Epoxy Grout 9 Glass Restoration 9 Slippery Tiles & More

Drop o d fridges, n steel a g machines washind dryers an

Buying: • Scrap metal • Aluminium • Copper • Brass • Lead • Car Batteries Next to Tyagarah Service Station

Paciﬁc Highway, Tyagarah 6684 2351

WATER TANK CLEANING/WATER TANKS All areas ...............................66888055 or 0407 002833

Smart Rainwater Solutions DO IT WELL, DO IT ONCE! 6629 1212

or 0418 662 285 E: rainwatersolutions@bigpond.com

WEB DESIGN SERVICES WEB BROWSER Quality websites at affordable prices ..........................66803707 or 0423 770799 COAST CREATIVE Graphic & website design....................www.coastcreative.com.au 66877998

WELDING MICK’S MOBILE WELDING All welding & machine maint, metal stair repairs etc ......0407 987290

Call Ben on 0456 606 911 www.groutpro.com.au

WINDOW TINTING SUNRISE WINDOW TINTING 32 years personal experience. Cars, homes & offices......0412 158478

WORK HEALTH & SAFETY

TRAVEL

FREE TOW

avail fo r cars – unwanted cash for som paid e

BRUNSWICK VALLEY LOCKSMITHS Shirewide. Master security lic. 047862307 ..........0412 144679 STREETWISE SECURITY Static guards & crowd control. Lic 409807379........................0439 793925

SEPTIC SYSTEMS

Trine Solutions

Licence No. 158031C

A VERY HANDY MAN TREE SERVICES ...................................Andrew 66846474 or 0412 558890 BYRON TREE SERVICES Qualified, insured. Call Alex ..................................................0402 364852 TALLOW TREE SERVICES Tree Surgery & removal, stump grinding, cherry picker ........0401 208797

TREE 53 TREE SERVICES Tip truck, 9” chipper & cherrypicker. Ph Kean.......................0457 063105

JIM’S TREE & STUMP REMOVAL • Qualiﬁed Arborist • Tree Pruning • Tree Removal • Stump Removal • Mulching • Fully Insured • Same Day Response

131 546 UPHOLSTERY BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Re-covering specialists ...........................................................66805255 BYRON BAY UPHOLSTERY Soft furnishings & outdoor ........................66853745 or 0403 713303

VALUERS BYRON BAY VALUERS NSW & QLD reg’d. Chartered Valuers ........................0431 245460 or 66857010

VETERINARY SURGEONS MULLUM VET CLINIC Richard Gregory, Erin Tottenham, Bec Patison. 24 hrs 7 days.........66843818

MULLUMBIMBY POOL SHOP Water tesing, Eco products, mobile servicing Lic 39126 ...66844846

ATTENTION POOL OWNERS • All pool requirements • Professional advice • Water testing • Friendly service • Pool servicing 73 Station St, Mullumbimby (opp. Council chambers)

6684 3003 TILING TILER/STONEMASON/WATERPROOFER Lic 24418C. Phone Karl ...................................66804103

2nd SUN 2nd SUN 2nd SUN 2nd SUN

6685 6807 6628 7333

Mullum Car Boot 0414 338217 The Channon 6688 6433 Lennox Head 6686 2139 Alstonville 6628 1568

3rd SAT Mullumbimby 3rd SAT Murwillumbah

6684 3370 0417 759 777

3rd SUN Uki 3rd SUN Lismore Car Boot 3rd SUN Ballina

6679 5921 6628 7333 6687 4328

4th SUN Bangalow 4th SUN Nimbin

6687 1911 0458 506 000

5th SUN Lennox Head 5th SUN Nimbin

6687 8618 0458 506 000

SATURDAYS Byron Artisan Market 4-9pm

6685 6807

FARMERS MARKETS Each TUE New Brighton Each TUE Organic Lismore Each WED 7-11am M’bah Each THU 8-11am Byron Each FRI 7-11am Mullum Each SAT 8-11am Bangalow Each SAT 8am-1pm Uki

6677 1345 6628 1084 6684 7834 6687 1137 6677 1345 6687 1137 6679 5530

NICK’S TREE SERVICES Tree surgery & removal, chipping ............................................0439 849332

SEWING REPAIRS & ALTERATIONS All areas.............................................................Jan 66849398 CHOPPY CHOP TREE SERVICE Bobcat, crane truck, 18” chipper.................................0408 202184 HART TREE SERVICES 15” chipper, bobcat, crane truck, stump grinder..66849137 or 0427 347380 STITCH: For all your sewing needs. Ocean Shores, Mullum & Byron areas. Ph Lindi ......0432 340113 TREE SHAPE Arborist, chipper, 4WD truck. ‘Knows trees, cuts right, good rates’ ...........0428 886297

SWIMMING POOLS

MONTHLY MARKETS

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New moon March 1 19:00 First quarter March 9 00:27 Full moon March 17 04:09 Third quarter March 24 12:46 New moon March 31 05:45 Day of Sun Sun Moon Moon High tide, month rise set rise set height (m) 1 S 0637 1919 0610 1900 0903,1.93; 2135,1.68 2 S 0638 1918 0716 1942 0953,1.89; 2221,1.72 3 M 0638 1916 0820 2024 1041,1.80; 2307,1.73 4 T 0639 1915 0923 2106 1129,1.67; 2352,1.70 5 W 0640 1914 1023 2148 1215,1.52 6 T 0640 1913 1122 2232 0038,1.65; 1301,1.38 7 F 0641 1912 1217 2318 0125,1.58; 1352,1.26 8 S 0642 1911 1310 0216,1.51; 1449,1.17 9 S 0642 1910 1400 0005 0315,1.45; 1600,1.13 10 M 0643 1909 1447 0054 0420,1.43; 1715,1.15 11 T 0643 1908 1530 0144 0524,1.45; 1816,1.21 12 W 0644 1907 1610 0235 0619,1.49; 1904,1.29 13 T 0645 1905 1648 0327 0706,1.55; 1944,1.36 14 F 0645 1904 1724 0419 0746,1.59; 2018,1.43 15 S 0646 1903 1800 0511 0824,1.63; 2052,1.50 16 S 0646 1902 1834 0604 0900,1.64; 2124,1.56 17 M 0647 1901 1910 0657 0935,1.64; 2158,1.61 18 T 0648 1900 1947 0752 1012,1.61; 2232,1.65 19 W 0648 1859 2026 0848 1050,1.57; 2311,1.67 20 T 0649 1857 2108 0946 1132,1.50; 2352,1.67 21 F 0649 1856 2154 1044 1217,1.43 22 S 0650 1855 2246 1143 0037,1.65; 1309,1.35 23 S 0650 1854 2341 1241 0130,1.62; 1409,1.28 24 M 0651 1853 1337 0232,1.59; 1522,1.25 25 T 0651 1852 0041 1431 0345,1.60; 1641,1.29 26 W 0652 1850 0143 1520 0458,1.64; 1750,1.37 27 T 0653 1849 0247 1607 0603,1.71; 1848,1.49 28 F 0653 1848 0352 1651 0701,1.77; 1939,1.61 29 S 0654 1847 0456 1734 0755,1.80; 2027,1.71 30 S 0654 1846 0600 1815 0845,1.78; 2112,1.78 31 M 0655 1845 0703 1857 0933,1.73; 2156,1.81

MARCH 2014

Astronomical data and tides Low tide, height (m) 0242,0.25; 1530,0.13 0334,0.22; 1614,0.15 0426,0.23; 1656,0.21 0517,0.28; 1737,0.31 0608,0.36; 1817,0.41 0701,0.46; 1858,0.52 0757,0.55; 1943,0.62 0858,0.62; 2036,0.69 1005,0.66; 2142,0.73 1113,0.65; 2251,0.72 1212,0.60; 2354,0.68 1300,0.54 0046.0.62; 1339,0.49 0130,0.55; 1414,0.43 0210,0.49; 1445,0.40 0247,0.45; 1516,0.37 0325,0.41; 1546,0.36 0403,0.39; 1618,0.37 0445,0.39; 1652,0.39 0528,0.40; 1729,0.43 0615,0.44; 1810,0.49 0709,0.48; 1858,0.55 0811,0.51; 1955,0.61 0923,0.52; 2107,0.64 1035,0.48; 2225,0.61 1142,0.41; 2337,0.54 1239,0.33 0041,0.44; 1330,0.27 0138,0.35; 1416,0.24 0231,0.29; 1500,0.24 0323,0.26; 1542,0.27

Times are Eastern Daylight Saving Time. Time lags: Ballina Boat Dock: 15 min; Byron Bay: nil; Brunswick River Hwy Bridge: high 30 min, low 1 hr; Mullumbimby: 1 hr 10 min; Billinudgel: 3 hr 55 min; Chinderah: high 1 hr 15 min, low 2 hr; Terranora Inlet: high 2 hr 10 min, low 2 hr 25 min; Murwillumbah: high 2 hr 30 min, low 2 hr 50 min. Tides in bold indicate high tide of 1.7m or more and low tide of 0.3m or less. Data courtesy of the National Tidal Centre.

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certiďŹ cate teacher training courses monday

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9.30am - 11am 6pm - 7.30pm

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wednesday 6pm - 7.30pm

stretch with core stability

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thursday

9.30am - 11am

Yogalates/Pranayama meditation bangalow

friday

10am - 11.30am

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8am - 9.30am

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Special: unlimited classes for 3 months $199 Award winning DVDs available at our studios

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Shiatsu & Remedial Massage $60 per hour, health fund rebates Enquiries Diana Ewing 9 Myocum Street, Mullumbimby M 0407 455 212 E diana ewing@bigpond.com More details at www.findyoga.com.au/studio/yellowchurchyoga

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1 month $90 = $22 / week 3 months $195 = $15 / week

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NATIVE PLANTS The Largest range of native plants in the Byron Shire. Tubestock to Semi-advanced Buy direct from the grower

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1/2 PRICE SALE â&#x20AC;˘ Furniture â&#x20AC;˘ Electrical Items â&#x20AC;˘ Variety of goods Shop 2 (next to IGA Supermarket) Brunswick Heads Byron Shire Echo archives: www.echo.net.au

PIANO: Becker, early 1900s keys yellowed but sound is rich & full. Exquisite walnut exterior $200. Ph 0415045867 HORSE FLOAT ‘Macro Showman’ 93 extended straight load, rocker roller suspension, 4 new tyres, annex, 10 mth rego, $8,500 ono, going overseas. Phone Ingrid 66845294 BUNK BED FRAME (without mattress) double + single with ladder, safety rail, black $150 Mullum. Ph 0419493386 BIG RAPHIS PALMS Phone 0421866600 AERO PILATES MACHINE as new, half price $500. Ph 0477061625 MOBILITY SCOOTER luxury 4-wheel new Jun 2013, never used, cost $4000, sell $2350, can deliver. Ph 0420411021

SUMMER SALE!

Karly Sunshine vintage & re loved clothing up to 50% off. Monday 24th-Friday 28th Feb, Bayshore Dr, Byron Arts & Ind Est. facebook.com/ karlysunshineshop

SUNRISE 9 Belongil Crescent. Sat after 8am. Moving house sale, everything

SAAB 93 SEDAN $1300. Rego to Dec 14, new tyres, strong engine. 0405597264

BYRON CBD lovely room, leafy aspect, friendly house, f-f, $170pw. 0415452932

BALLINA SELF-STORAGE UNITS Secure from $15pw. Ph 66867011

BANGALOW 4br, 2 bath, 2 living DLUG, private $590pw. 66803555, 0437816128

MONSTER GARAGE SALE from 9am Sat, cnr Middleton & Marvell Lane Byron. China, glassware, linen, garden tools, building & elect materials, kitchenware, bikes, pot plants, etc. 0404717068

CAR SERVICE

BYRON BAY studio/ﬂat within beaut new eco-house. Suit quiet sgl n/s, d/f working person $250pw + bond. Ph 0408445595

CARAVANS & CABINS from $195pw. Apply in person to Byron Bay Tourist Village, Ewingsdale Road

MYOCUM STUDIO newly refurbished no pets $330pw bills incl. Ph 0403565788

BILLI AREA large house, with pool on organic farm community, beautiful views. Working, veg preferred. $180pw incl bills, int & Foxtel. Avail now. Ph 0434940588

BYRON BAY centre 2br brand new split level granny ﬂat, private, wrap around deck. $490pw. Avail now Ph 0421640034

O.SHORES 1 Reka Way, Sat 8am. Furn, baby goods, sports gear, mens, womens & kids clothes & misc items BYRON A&I, 3/20 Acacia St, 8am Sat & Sun. Huge. Furn, musical, fridges, clothes NEWRYBAR VILLAGE Sat. White house next to produce store. Moving on junk & stuff, trash & treasure. Bowerbirds welcome. Dazz 66872112 SHEASHELLS AT BYRON 50% off all clothing. Shoes $10! 23 Muli Muli Ave, O.Shores 9-2 pm. Rain or shine. Saturday

MOTOR BIKES

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ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES open 10-4pm Tues to Fri Dalley St Mullum (LuLu’s arcade) Ph 0427951010

Miele appliances

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HONDA VT750 SHADOW 2003 EC with low kms (23,000), nothing to spend. Comes with fairing and panniers. Reg to Oct 25. New battery, GC. Selling due to baby. Bargain at $5200. Ph 0412732465

BRIDGLANDS

MOTOR VEHICLES

BICYCLES pre-loved from $50. Repairs. Ph 66804165 or 0431540579

MERCEDES-BENZ C200 Wagon 97, always garaged & serviced, new tyres & exhaust, 5 mths rego, 168,000km, $5250 neg. 0412962184

VACUUM BAGS Mullumbimby. 66842511

BAMBOO PLY

from $10.50sqm & Bamboo Flooring. For ceilings, walls, doors, etc. Ph 66884188 - sample & brochure www.bambooply.com.au

ARCHIBALD’S CHEAP QUARRY PRODUCTS

Road base, gravel, blue metal and metal dust. ALL SIZE DELIVERIES. Phone 66845517, 0418481617 WEED-FREE CANE MULCH Delivery available. 0427490038

NARNIA NURSERY

Quality landscape plants. Great prices! www.narnianursery.com.au 0419771514 WASHING MACHINE automatic $180, delivery. Phone 0413589388 CABIN BUNK wooden 3-piece bedroom set; with desk, book shelf, drawers, shelves and ladder $500 ono. Text for pic 0407579378 TRAILER 6 x 4 $500; 54 Inch X 1 Hustler with trailer $8500; 1 x ute tub $250; 1 x self propelled mower paid $1650 sell $1300 as new. Ph 0402487213

CLEM’S CARGO

SECOND-HAND SHOP Open from this Friday 28th Loads of good furniture & bits & pieces 28 Tweed St, Brunswick Hds. 66851213

100% Locally Made

Beautiful. Unique. Affordable Hammer & Hand Jewellery Collective Ti-Tree Pl, A&I Est. 10am-4pm, 7 days www.hammerandhand.com.au MODERN WHITE ent suite $90. Single heavy wood bed/daybed $60. Tall childs bed with sliding desk $190. 0434047122

WANTED OLD MOTORBIKE any make, any year, any cond. Will pick up. 0427109195 LP RECORDS: good condition, no op shop crap! Ph Matt 0401955052

2002 VW TRANSPORTER TDI Syncro good cond, serviced, 388,000km, rego to Nov, $9750. Phone 0448726881 HOLDEN BARINA 1993 170,000kms. Great cond. RWC. $1,700. 0427410163

CAR RENTALS

Weekly Rates 0401606707

CASH PAID FOR UNWANTED CARS

Local reg’d business 66845296 or 66845403 or 0413120970 TOYOTA COROLLA Ascent, 5-door, red, auto, hatch, 2006, rego to July, 121,000km, $8500, good condition. Phone 0448429483 MERCEDES-BENZ 1980 W116 280SE. Needs: paint job (most prep already done); ignition work (spark not quite right); windscreen. Also needs interior/exterior reﬁtted (all parts excellent and are with car). All other aspects sound. Last of the big chrome classics. Realistic, sensible offers? Phone 0412732465 FORD FESTIVA 95, vgc, low km, 11 mths rego, reg service, $2500. 0414939960 2003 HOLDEN VECTRA HATCH Auto, good condition, runs very well,175,000km, full service history, 2 mths rego $4800 ono. 0422859552

MOVING SALE 5 Aurana Pl Bayside Way Bruns 8am - 10am only. Lots of bargains

Available for Lease at $420pw incl outgoings or Freehold $120,000 No Goodwill Price on equipment negotiable Serious enquiries only call 0414 502 222

CABINS FOR SALE RELOCATABLE CABINS FOR SALE priced from $10,000 5x3.2m timber frame 3 other models available. Ph 0410406334 nthcoasttimber@gmail.com

MERCEDES ‘89 190E SERIES II Repaired, Restored & Upgraded for Comfort, Safety & Style. Reliable, Robust & Economical. View at Florians Automotive & Restoration 12 Grevillea St Byron A & I Estate.

2002 Subaru Forrester 5spd, 130,367kms, full log book history. ALJ-740 ...............................$6950 2002 GLS Ford Falcon Ute 5spd A/C P/S Alloys, b/bar. AO-03-FX ..................................$4950 2007 Holden Barina Hatch 1 owner, 87,067kms, 5spd, A/C, P/S. BX-59-RC .........$6450 2005 Peugot 307 HDI Diesel Wagon 5spd, A/C, P/S, super fuel efﬁcient. WL-1955 .........$5950 1999 Toyota Hilux D/Cab 4 cyl petrol, 5spd, white, tidy car. XSN-294..................................$4650 2004 Nissan Pulsar Sedan 130,271kms, 5spd, great reliable little car. ZAR-409 .....................$3550

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SUFFOLK dbl rm, balcony, shared bthrm, pref working person $250pw. 0449113053 SUFFOLK beachside, large room, own entrance, kitchenette, share bthrm $250 pw incl bills + 2 wks bond. 0406746569 SUNRISE large furn room, BIR. $160pw + bond, inc bills, from 20 March. 66856760 LENNOX share house with one other, room + ensuite, own lounge & entry $220pw + bond incl bills. Ph 0428503108 BYRON close to town, room in beautiful apt, pool, tennis court furn, $300pw twin share or cpl. $195pw single. 0402923144 BYRON 100m to beach, furnished rooms in awesome apartment, double / couple $300 twin share $300 free wiﬁ, no bills share with 2 others. Phone 0408855738

TO LET BANGALOW SELF-STORAGE Hi-tech security. 66872333

CLOSE BANGALOW BYRON land suitable for caravan/4WD van in exchange for property & garden maintenance. Pref sgle male. 66871256

LAND FOR SALE BYRON HINTERLAND Cabin on 12 acs, dual occ near Nat Park & waterfalls, half hr beach, roos, koalas etc, trop fruit trees, peace & quiet, $280,000. 0429882058

SHORT TERM ACCOM.

WANTED FOR BLUES FESTIVAL swap for 3br house Manly, Sydney, close to everything. Ph 0414339761

SHARE ACCOM. SUFFOLK PARK 1 average room avail, unfurn, BIR shared bthrm $150pw +bills. 0425235991 MULLUM fully furnished large room, rural, close to town, $165pw. 0429356093 BYRON CBD single room in house share with 2 others f-furn suit sgl, conscious person $220pw inc elec. 0411114344

O.SHORES 2 rooms $150pw ea. N/s, d/f, vego, clean, working. Bond. 0466050874 BYRON large room priv ent, quiet, great views, pool, WiFi. Vipassana meditators pref. 2 mins Byron CBD/beach, n/s d/f veg house $200pw + exp. 0403168980 SUFFOLK big bedroom in share house, 1 street from beach. Furn /unfurn, friendly h’hold $225pw incl bills. 0423238728 MULLUM room avail 03/03 for 1 month, for a non-smoker, $120pw inc elec & internet. Walk to town. Ph 0422289952 SUFFOLK share large house, working mother of 1, close shops, d/f responsible, pref working fem $180pw + bills & bond. Ph 0424284199 COORABELL Byron 10 mins, clean, quiet house share with one female. Suit working person, pref no kids or pets. $230pw or $250pw + ofﬁce. 0437965968 BEACHSIDE SUFFOLK share 3br house, fully-furnished, with 1 person, n/s, $230pw incl bills + 2 weeks bond. Ph 66853841 STUDIO IN TOWN funky, fully-furnished, self-contained, twin share or couple, $350pw. Phone 0415452932

O.SHORES executive style 4-5br, 3 bth, DLUG, carport, inground pool, prof, no pets, n/s $750pw inc lawns. 0455876257 MULLUM CBD studio from March 15 8-10 wks, suit pop up, $225pw 0427169098txt BEAUTIFUL modern studio, private space featuring large chefs kitchen, luxury bthrm, WIR, sep bedrm, laundry & car port, 25 min Byron, 30 min Tweed. Close to Burringbar village, suit working person, refs $220pw, avail 5 March. 0422233176 EWINGSDALE newly renovated private 1 bedroom ﬂat with small courtyard $280pw + bills. Ph 0403458177

BANGALOW RENT-A-SHED Self-storage sheds fr $25pw. 66871306

BRUNSWICK HEADS new 2br cottage, DLUG, no pets $420pw. 0437030819 SUFFOLK beachside immac studio, w/ mach, fridge, $360pw couple, $330pw single, elect incl. 0407849778

New Brighton Nth Ocean Shores $430pw 3 bed, 1 bath, single garage

South Golden Beach $330pw 2 bed, 1 bath, single carport

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MULLUMBIMBY Executive residence: 4 b/r, polished ﬂoor, large tiled rumpus room, new kitchen and swimming pool. Lawn & pool maintenance included. No pets $600pw. 4 b/r, walking distance to shop $485pw MAIN ARM 3 b/r brick & tile, new carpet & kitchen $495pw Julie or Nicci Phone: 6684 3301 79 Burringbar St, Mullumbimby 2482

MULLUM 1br apartment, part-furn, suit worker, $280pw. inc bills. 0421679015

HOUSE SWAP

BYRON large 1br apt, 100m Clarkes Beach & Top Shop, suit couple, n/s, pref no kids, long term only $350pw includes electricity & water. Ph 66857993

MULLUMBIMBY private rural house, few minutes to town, 2br + study, ﬁreplace. No pets please $400pw. Phone 66842524

STUDIO furnished quiet retreat. $400pw incl. Sunrise, avail 09/03. Ph 0409844402

SUFFOLK fully-furnished, self-contained studio with private courtyard, peaceful, n/s, WiFi, $320pw. Ph 0418275198

SUFFOLK 3br, fully-fenced, private, walk to beach, $500pw + bills/bond, pets neg. Phone 0423494761, 66859934

STORAGE From $100/mth. Bangalow Ph 66871500

EXCHANGE/SWAP

SUFFOLK comfortable furnished room in clean quiet 2 bthrm house, prefer working female, $170pw incl bills. Ph 0413095889

BARGAINS

BANGALOW 7 Leopard Wood Cres, Sat from 8am, clothes, books, furn, kids/baby stuff, crystals (w/sale prices)

Lismore Cafe

FORD FESTIVA Trio 99 reg Jan 15 only 106,000 km, 2 local owners v g cond auto a/c 1.3Lt, CD, $3300. 0405435787

MULLUM MOVING SALE 1 Kamala Crt 8am Bargains galore! Enq 66843298

SUFFOLK 35 Corkwood Cres, 9am Sat. Furn, old windows & door, clothes & stuff

MARKET FOOD STALL: $11,000 2 x permanent sites & all the gear. More info on Gumtree ("Market Food Business in the Byron Shire") or call 0431394756

SUNRISE share home & garden $160pw inc elect. Share with 1 fem. 0413602686

0412 878 091

AMAZING scores in designer clothing, m shoes size 10, teen ski wear, gym equip, lux bedding. All weather, 8-12 Sat. 149 Manse Rd, Myocum

BUSINESS FOR SALE

2 CHEAP CARS FOR SALE 2003 Mazda ute $3500. VN Commodore s-wag $500. Both with rego. Dwaine 0401189375

GARAGE SALES STH GOLDEN BEACH Sat 8am - 12, 34 Mia Ct. toys, books, clothes, h-hold etc

BSW MOTORS

Pre-purchase inspection from $40! Pink slips, service + repair. 10 Bonanza Dr, Billinudgel. 66804999

Bangalow Rosewood Ave, Bangalow - $500 pw 3 bed, 1 bath cottage, beautiful gardens. Avail 10th March. Rankin Dr, Bangalow - $550 pw 2 bed plus study, 2 bath home, close to town. Avail Now. Rankin Dr, Bangalow - $550 pw Elevated 2 bed, 2 bath, 2 living areas, DLUG. Avail 3rd March. Marblewood Pl, Bangalow - $640 pw 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 living, near new home. DLUG. Avail 3rd March. Coopers Shoot - $950 pw 4 bed, 2 bath, DLUG, with sep 1 bed, 1 bath studio. Avail Now. Lofts Rd, Coorabell - $1200 pw Immaculate, furnished 3 bed, 2 bath resort style home. Avail aft Easter. For more available rental properties go to www.eldersbangalow.com.au

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BELONGIL CRES, BYRON BAY $450PW Townhouse 2 bed + study, 1 bath Available Now BROKEN HEAD RD, SUFFOLK PARK $450PW House 3 bed, 1 bath Available 07/03/14 GRANUAILLE ST, BANGALOW $480PW House 3 bed, 1 bath Rural setting. Available 10/03/14 LAWSON ST, BYRON BAY $520PW Unit 2 bed, 1 bath. Opposite beach. Available 27/03/14 KINGSLEY LN, BYRON BAY $620PW Townhouse 3 bed, 2 bath SLUG. Available Now SUNRISE BLVD, BYRON BAY $630PW House 4 bed, 2 bath, DLUG & pool. Available 03/03/14 Ray White Rental Centre 3/47 Byron Street, Byron Bay 02 6685 8911 rwbyronbay.com

LOCAL REMOVAL

& backloads to Brisbane. Friendly, with 10 years local exp. 0409917646 BYRON f-f, lge 1br apart with pool, quiet area. Close town/beach. $400pw neg, no bills. Ph 0407297999 SUFFOLK PARK BEACHSIDE 3br timber house close shops & tavern. Fully equip, p-furn. No cats or dogs. $500pw. Call Rick 0422253614 TYAGARAH 2br + study f-furn executive rental, full maint $850pw. 0419130013 POSSUM CREEK 1br studio, semi-furn, open-plan modern kitchen & bathroom $330pw + bond. Ph 0421531796 IND/COMM unit Byron A&I Est 82sqm + 35sqm mezz bthrm shower $360pw. Ph 0402976032, 66846026 Apply with refs OCEAN SHORES One bedroom large upstairs home. Fireplace. Ocean views. Water & elec included. $400 per week. Contact FNC Property Management. 1300716707 OCEAN SHORES 2-storey, high on the hill, 3br, 2 bthrm, garage + carport $450pw. Avail now. 0414502222 OCEAN SHORES Large granny ﬂat, 1br, kitchen, lounge, bathroom/laundry, toilet, courtyard. Suit single quiet, mature, non smoking, worker. Good location. $225pw inc bills. Ph 0404472130 STUDIO IN TOWN funky, fully-furnished, self-contained, twin share or couple, $350pw. Phone 0415452932 MULLUM newly reno’d s-cont studio, suit sgl, working person $300pw. 0419200396 BYRON BAY STUDIO Self-cont, fully-furn $350pw incl bills. 0421664128 MULLUM bright 2br furn duplex, spacious patio, garden, incl WiFi, landline, 5 min town, 10 min beach, avail 20/3 - 30/7, pref worker, no pets, $260pw. 0417867056 OCEAN SHORES 4br house, ens, DLUG $470pw MYOCUM 3br house, ens, ofﬁce, DLUG $450pw BRUNSWICK HEADS 2br unit, b/in’s, carport $310pw NO PETS UNLESS SPECIFIED www.siwickirealestate.com.au Siwicki Real Estate 17 Fingal St Brunswick Heads. Ph 66851206 CABIN lge 1br s/c, quiet, views, WiFi, elec incl. Suit single working n/s, d/f, veg. Mullum Creek, $250pw. 66943114 O.SHORES self-cont studio, partfurn, suit worker $220pw incl bills. Ph 0400803186 BYRON STUDIO peaceful, private, furn (if wanted), for n/s, d/f, mature person $285pw + elec, bond/refs. 0421932945

WANTED TO RENT PRIVATE STUDIO or space in Byron A&I Estate or Sunrise for non smoker, up to $250pw, long term. Ph 0421746577

19a Byron Street, Bangalow

Byron Bay

BELONGIL BEACH 2br house, creek frontage, huge yard, spectacular view, all timber total nature. Part furn or unfurn, 6 mths, extend possible $600pw or best offer 0411085567 mattharcla@gmail.com

“I highly recommend Bangalow Real Estate for all your property needs” Eric Bridgeman – Landlord

“A great hassle free experience” Tim Winton-Brown – Tenant

Corndale $430pw 3 Bed home on 12.7 acres with a part of the property on river frontage, in ground pool, air/con, fireplace, double carport. Avail now. Bangalow $590pw Large modern, 3 br, 2 bath family home with polished floors, air con, DLUG, easy care gardens with veggie patch. Avail 1st March. Whian Whian $250pw Rural & rustic 1 bed + study with deck. Suitable for one or couple. Room for a horse or two. Avail now. NEW LISTING Knockrow $400pw Spacious 4 bed home, fully air con. 2 bathrooms, covered entertaining area & single carport. Avail late March NEW LISTING Bangalow $575 pw Modern & stylish 3 bed spilt level townhouse, 2 bath, DLUG, adjoining sports fields, stroll to school & shops. Long term rental. Available Early March.

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QUIET working female + 9yo wellbehaved dog, seeks spacious, s-c flat, Ocean Shores or surrounds by April. Exc refs. Phone 0457047179 NICE 2 plus bedroom house with yard. Clean, responsible 66-year-old retiree from California with 2 indoor cats. Willing to pay extra. Email: carol@siriusb.net SINGLE ROOM or flat to share for quiet, clean and very easy going 49 yo female. In Bangalow. 0419937437 MATURE MALE requires studio flat or cottage or share in house with spirituallyminded person. 0434856745 NICE MAN WITH OLD DOG needs wheelchair friendly accommodation with flat outdoor space. LUG & lawn area. Up to $450pw, long-term. 0417377005

TO LEASE MULLUMBIMBY 97sqm ofﬁce at $350pw & 32sqm shop at $220pw in Stuart St arcade. Ph 66801643 ARTISTS WANTED to share studio/ gallery space in Byron Arts & Industry Estate. Tracey 0431092618 or 66845045 BYRON A&I Unit 1 320sqm & Unit 2 240sqm. Ph 0403754758 or 66856196 ART / WORK SPACE well lit, secure, arts collective, $88pw. 0402909193

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WORKSHOPS FROM $50PW Billinudgel. Siwicki Real Estate 66851206 THE ROSEBANK STORE Cafe/ restaurant is available for lease. Historic building including all commercial fit out & equipment. All set up walk right in, $285pw not including outgoings. Ph Kieran 0401351656 or Anna 0432394337 CORNERSTONE STUDIOS 2 studios both street front & reno’d looking for shop front business. 90sqm studio $350pw + GST & 60sqm studio + covered 4 x 5 area $270pw + GST. No live ins 0422558128 BYRON creative work/office space, $75pw incl elect & internet. 0431674377 BRUNSWICK HEADS RETAIL SHOP OR OFFICE FINGAL ST incl kitchen (no stove) and wc, with disabled access, GREASE TRAP IN PLACE $250pw incl GST. TWEED ST 50sqm shop front $1500/ month incl GST/ outgoings Siwicki Real Estate, 17 Fingal St Brunswick Heads. Phone 66851206 OFFICE/WORK SPACE 70 sqm, Byron A&I Est. $280pw Incl OG & GST. No live ins. Call Baz 0418327731 ART/DESIGN SPACES x 2 in fresh, prof. gallery $60-135pw incl bills & WiFi. 0420492174

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OFFICE ASSISTANT required for busy online business. Excellent customer service, email and computer skills req. Residents only. CV: itmanager@dreamrideronline.com.au ARE YOU MECHANICALLY MINDED? We require a responsible reliable person for repairs to our wide range of mechanical goods, parts dispatch & customer service. Good computer skills essential. Byron Ind Est. Residents only. CV: itmanager@dreamrideronline.com.au BUSY CAFE RESTAURANT is looking for experienced, reliable Head Chef and a Cook. CV to: yatzekb1@yahoo.com.au 1st & 2nd Year Apprentice Chef Must have passion & presentation. Email CV to: jules@theeateryonjonson.com GOOD DRIVERS WANTED NOW Shifts avail for taxi, coach & hire cars. Full training provided. Min 12 month Aust Licence Required. Email: info@byronbaytaxis.com RESTAURANT MANAGER required for busy Byron cafe/restaurant. Candidate must have minimum 3 years industry experience. Must be able to work under pressure and be able to communicate and liaise well with other team members as well as customers. Attention to detail and great customer service essential. Please forward resume with written references to byronbayfresh@gmail.com P/T RECEPTIONIST for health clinic, 4 days pw, must be Aust resident, have exc customer service, computer, admin, communication skills with attention to detail, initiative, team work, cleaning, health therapy knowledge & ability to work unsupervised. Please email CV incl DOB, education & relevant exp to healing@ outlook.com

ARCHITECTURAL/LANDSCAPE LIGHTING – SALES POSITION We are looking for an enthusiastic person to join the team at our Lighting Showroom in Byron Bay. The successful applicant must have good communication, sales and computer skills. Experience in Lighting is not essential, however, a genuine interest and desire to learn the trade and grow with the business is required. The position is full time with an excellent salary and commission based incentives. Please email your C.V to suzannegray1@hotmail.com or telephone Suzanne on 0407 606 575 to enquire.

Aquamarine Personalised

Home Care Caring people needed to provide in-home non-medical support on a casual hourly basis helping out seniors and occasionally others remain independent in their own home. Cert III in Aged Care viewed favourably and mature age not a barrier.

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MODELS 18+ years required. Nude female for Picture and People magazines. No experience required. All shapes and sizes. Backpackers welcome. Good money. Professional accredited ACP photographer. Ph 0413627846

HOUSECLEANER NEEDED for luxury home accommodation in Pottsville. Days can vary, but avg 4-6 cleans per month. Must be dependable and detail oriented. Products and equip supplied. Please call 0417586827 for more details

EXP SHORT ORDER COOK Casual hours at a very busy Byron cafe. Must have passion and experience and supply refs. Phone 66856810

DO YOU HAVE AN OUTGOING PERSONALITY? We have up to 6 casual weekend positions available (males & females) for novelty wrestling entertainment. Please ph 0439489968

CARER reliable, strong female to assist quadriplegic man, morn 7.30-10.30am, $26-$28/hr. Tax file number required. Ocean Shores. Phone Craig 66805750

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TRADITIONAL THAI is looking for an experienced chef/cook. Send resumes to tellmemore@traditionalthai.com.au

Registered Nurse – Mullumbimby

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WORK WANTED

• Permanent Part Time – 24 hours per fortnight • Supportive Learning & Development Program • Competitive pay rate Coolamon Villa, located in Mullumbimby, is our 55-bed residential aged care community offering high and low care places in a home-like environment. We are currently seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to join our friendly care team. To be successful for the role you will have: • Previous experience in aged care • Commitment to caring for the elderly • Good communication and organisational skills • Understanding of ACFI requirements and accreditation process in aged care • Authority to practise as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with AHPRA • Must be able to work weekends and Monday

EXPERIENCED CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSON 2 days/week Problem solver, calm & patient Good computer skills using Word, Outlook and basic Excel. Email resume: enquiries@neoﬂam.com.au

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Enthusiastic, hard-working with restaurant experience for busy Bangalow dining. Permanent residents only. Email resume: eat@bangalowdining.com. Phone 0423 454 773.

Closing Date: Friday, 14 March 2014. Successful applicants will be required to complete relevant pre-employment check, provide evidence of right to work in Australia, and be subject to a three-month probation period.

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CARPENTER / TRADESMAN licensed & Insured ready to start. 0437202050 EXPERIENCED HORTICULTURIST for all aspects of gardening. Ph 0429020215

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Free pick-up & delivery in Byron area $25 per hour. Angela 0414719680

MUSICAL NOTES BYRON SOUND LOUNGE rehearsals, recording & PA hire. Ph 66808938

PIANO TUNING

Tuner for Planet Music, Studio 301 & SAE College. R. Barkley. 0422221116 www.reubenbarkleypianotuning.com.au PIANO TUNER Restorer, repairer & retailer since 1981. Ph Dr Fred Cole 0412216019 or www.specialtypianos.com.au

FOUND: Giant Cruiser. Phone Sim 0415045867

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School Crossing Supervisors – Work with your community Casual Position – Byron Bay Up to 6 months (50009106)

GUITAR, BASS & SONGWRITING Enthusiastic conservatorium teacher & performing musician. Have fun, all styles. Rob Yeatman 0401519860 MATHEMATICS TUTOR Qualiﬁed teacher with 30 yrs experience grades 3 to 10. Ph John 0452260595

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All the qualifications you need are community spirit, good communication skills, an alert and professional attitude to work and a reliable personality. The casual hours and school holidays would suit a parent or grandparent, a retiree or anyone wanting meaningful work – but not full-time.

Links to Learning programs improve education, employment and life outcomes for at risk young people. The coordinator will develop and implement the program plan for the BYS Links to Learning Program for 2014. Relevant qualiﬁcations and demonstrated success in program planning and delivery and engaging young people is required. Close: March 7th For full details including salary www.bys.org.au

Training for your key responsibilities of directing traffic to stop at the designated crossing and giving clear instructions to infants and primary school students to cross the road safely, will be provided. You may be required to attend a health assessment. Appointment is subject to a Working with Children check clearance. Roads and Maritime Services is an equal opportunity employer.

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The hours are usually 8.00am to 9.30am and/or 2.30 to 4.00pm Monday to Friday during school terms. The base rate is $20.39 – $24.47 per hour.

For further information on this exciting opportunity please contact Rosalie Scherf on (02) 6732 9179 or go to www.rms.nsw.gov.au/careers

FOUND: Dunlop mountain bike, childs, Byron Bay. 66855752

ENGLISH TUTOR Qualiﬁed English teacher K-12 specialising in HSC & ESL. Great refs & results. 0407230846

An important person in a child’s school life is the School Crossing Supervisor, who ensures they cross the road safely. The role requires minimal hours out of your day and gives something worthwhile back to the community.

For further enquiries www.rms.nsw.gov.au/careers

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FRENCH • ITALIAN • GERMAN Eva 66846760 www.languagetuitionbyron.com.au MATHS TUTORING Qualiﬁed & practising teacher, 20 yrs exp, all levels. Ph Andrew 0413294982 COMPUTER MUSIC TUTOR All levels, software & controllers. Ph 0468353985

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Qualiﬁed English teacher, 15 years experience tutoring children & adults. Kylie 0411279064

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Fun lessons on a grand piano at Ocean Shores. All ages welcome. BA (Hons). Beg to Adv. 0478603595

Bangalow

REAL ESTATE TRAINEE

RSL Lifecare care staff wanted – see page 10

We require Junior Trainee Front Of House Staff for Breakfast, Lunch & early evening shifts. The position is for those under 18 years of age. Week day & weekend shifts. Reliable transport & a willingness to learn essential. Text 0402 557 497, Call 6684 4036 or Email details to info@poincianacafe.com

GARDENING reasonable rates, many years exp. Mullum area. Ph 0418435505

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A full time position exists for an energetic and enthusiastic Trainee looking for a career in Real Estate.

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Additional beneﬁts include 9.25% superannuation, access to education and training support, ﬂexible work hours and salary packaging. The job information package is available on Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au or phone 02 6626 7145. Byron Shire Council is an EEO employer and committed to the principles of workplace diversity

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The successful applicant will be employed under the Australian Apprentice Initiative and will be honest, hard working, self motivated, have attention to detail and good computer skills. You will be working in a team environment covering all aspects of Real Estate. A current driver licence is required. If you feel ready for an outstanding career move, please forward your resume prior to Friday, 28th February to

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RETURN THANKS PATRICIA FAY VALANCE 5.10.40 - 26.2.14 Bob, Mark, Dianne, Greg & family wish to thank all those relatives & friends who expressed sympathy & sent cards for the sad loss of our dear Pat. Please accept this as our personal thanks.

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Support grows for ‘Stop West Byron’ petition

The change.org petition Stop the West Byron mega-development now exceeds 2,000 signatures and it continues to grow. The petition calls on local MP Don Page to intervene and stop the NSW planning and infrastructure minister Brad Hazzard from rezoning the West Byron site for development. ‘The number of people who have signed the petition Open: Tues 2.30-4.30pm, reflects a groundswell of peoThurs 3-5pm, ple who are not happy about Sat 10-12 noon. Call AWL 6684 4070. this proposed development,’ says Cate Coorey, president of COMPANION ANIMALS WELFARE INC. the Byron Residents’ Group. ‘Close to 1,200 of the signatures are from people in the 2481 postcode (Byron Bay) and neighbouring postcodes. Given the population of Byron Bay is less than 10,000 that represents a significant 4 month old Kelpie x puppies. number of people expressing 2 girls and a boy. their dissatisfaction. ‘There are also many posts Very sweet, active and smart. All ready for training. from people who have visited $280 includes desexing, C5 Vac and microchipping. Remember Momma cat from last week? The great news is she found an amazing home. Now her 8 week old kittens are looking for their forever homes. This is one of them named Sage! A gorgeous ginger & white girl who has a brother & a sister who are just as sweet & playful. Come & meet Momma cat’s babies, at the Cat Adoption Centre at 124 Dalley St, Mullumbimby.

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Byron Bay – both Australians and foreign visitors – people who don’t want to see our beautiful town lose its charm to greater traffic problems and environmental degradation. ‘The Byron Residents’ Group was formed to advocate for the residents of Byron who want to see Byron develop in a sustainable way that is in keeping with community attitudes. What this petition is telling us is that community attitudes are not behind the proposed West Byron development.

Discontent ‘You only need to look at the comments that people have made in their messages to Don Page to see the level of discontent about this development. ‘Many people are telling us they are really frustrated by the approval process. Despite having a democratically

elected council that has three times rejected this development on multiple grounds, the developers have ignored local wishes and taken project approval out of the hands of local government by going to the NSW government. ‘Many of the people who have written comments have conveyed with great passion and clarity the very good reasons why this development is bad for Byron. They cite the loss of character of Byron, the already impossible traffic, the koala habitat and the potential damage to Belongil Estuary as fundamental reasons to not allow this land for development.’ The Byron Residents’ Group is meeting this Thursday February 27 at Suffolk Park Community Hall at 6.45pm. The group also hopes to meet with Don Page, present the petition and discuss their concerns.

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KIRLEY Mary Margaret (Née Radnedge) 22/5/1922 – 16/2/2014 Of Suffolk Park NSW, formerly of Cootamundra. Passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday February 16th, 2014 aged 91 years. Much loved wife of the late Harrie Kirley (dec). Loved and loving mother and mother-in-law of Chris and Cynthia, Vickii and Peter and Robyn. Adored grandmother of 7 and doting great-grandmother to 12. Cherished memories forever

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Sweet young Shiraz is not the first kitten you will see in the queue. She is a quieter type, whose wonderful loving qualities can be overlooked when one is faced with the antics of the more extrovert kittens. What you will have if you adopt Shiraz is an affectionate and loyal friend, one who loves to sit close by. She has a calming influence, is very responsive, and is a delight to spend time with (a lot of time). Dark tortie with ginger flashes. Shiraz will not disappoint. All cats are desexed, vaccinated and microchipped.

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A new report released by NRMA Motoring & Services has shown Australia’s reliance on imported transport fuel has risen from 60 per cent in 2000 to 91 per cent in 2013, putting immense pressure on Australia’s liquid fuel security reserves. The report notes that Australia is the only International Energy Association member that does not meet its 90-day fuel stock obligation and that by 2030 Australia’s remaining five refineries could be closed, leaving the country almost 100 per cent reliant on imported oil and facing a potential liquid fuel security crisis. The report also notes that if tankers stopped entering Australian ports tomorrow, the nation would lose its capacity to transport food and medicine supplies very quickly. NRMA director Graham Blight said the report also contained possible solutions to those prob-

facts. Australia’s dependency on imported fuel and oil for transport has grown by more than 30 per cent from 60 per cent in 2000 to 91 per cent in 2013 and we are approaching 100 per cent dependency on imported transport fuels.’ Mr Blight said we could get thousands of trucks off the road and ease the wear and Dependency tear on our regional road net‘We do not want to scare peo- work by getting more freight ple with our report, but facts are on rail, also improving road safety. The technology being developed for electric vehicles has advanced considerably in Please stick this by your phone the past five years with the emergence of longer battery AMBULANCE, FIRE, POLICE .............................................................. 000 life, more charging stations AMBULANCE Mullumbimby & Byron Bay .................................131 233 and fleet trials by businesses BRUNSWICK VALLEY RESCUE Primary rescue........................6685 1999 and governments. BRUNSWICK MARINE RADIO TOWER ...................................6685 0148 ‘There are answers right in MULLUMBIMBY HOSPITAL ......................................................6684 2266 front of us to help secure our BYRON BAY HOSPITAL ............................................................6685 6200 POLICE Brunswick Heads .......................................................6685 1277 transport energy future that Mullumbimby ..............................................................6684 2144 complement larger-scale soluByron Bay ...................................................................6685 9499 tions, such as stopping the cloBangalow ....................................................................6687 1404 sure of refineries and increasSTATE EMERGENCY SERVICE Storm & tempest damage, flooding.6684 3444 ing our stock of oil within our AIDS Confidential testing & information (ACON) ................................6622 1555 borders. AL-ANON Help for family & friends of alcoholics ...................... 1300 ALANON ‘Other countries have adALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 24 hours...............................1800 423 431 dressed their transport fuel ANIMAL RESCUE (DOGS & CATS) .........................................6622 1881 security future – there’s no reaLIFELINE .........................................................................................131 114 son why we can’t address ours.’ MENSLINE 7pm–11pm nightly (phone counselling & referral for men)..6622 2240 The NRMA’s Australia’s NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Meets daily ....................................6680 7280 Liquid Fuel Security: Part NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE ..................................................6684 1286 2 report was prepared by air DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 24 hour crisis line ...............................1800 656 463 vice-marshal John Blackburn NORTHERN RIVERS GAMBLING SERVICE ...........................6687 2520 AO (Ret’d) and can be downNORTHERN RIVERS WILDLIFE CARERS...............................6628 1866 loaded at www.mynrma.com. KOALA HOTLINE........................................................6622 1233 au/about/reports-and-submisGEORGE THE SNAKE MAN.................................................0407 965 092 NSW Wildlife Information & Rescue Service (WIRES)..........6628 1898 sions.htm. lems. ‘The government’s National Energy Security Assessment will be reviewed again this year and it’s the ideal time for new policies to be implemented that would ensure Australia’s sustainability in the unlikely event of a disruption to our liquid fuel supply.

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Cricket might be just cricket but rugby isn’t just rugby

Nathan on the left, in his Byron Union jersey, has been playing both union and league for years, as has Nathan on the right in his Red Devils league kit. Nathan has represented both the Mullum Shiners and the Byron teams in union and the Byron Bay Red Devils in the league. Photo and digital shennanigans Eve Jeffery. Eve Jeffery

When I moved up from Victoria almost 20 years ago I went to the pub to watch ‘the rugby’. I know, I know, I got it wrong. My 20/20 hindsight tells me that not only was it the league, it was a State of Origin

– but back then, my southern AFL-infused sensibility registered just a ‘rugby’ game with men who had legs more like tree trunks than the lanky fellows I was used to. Fortunately when I took over as sports editor at The Echo about six years ago, sales rep and mad Manly man Pete

Couldwell, aka Video Pete was on hand to set me straight. Betwixt Pete and our awesome league commentator John Campbell, I have been given a fairly decent education in the rules of how to get it right. Though the codes of rugby split over 100 years ago, it was

But it’s not just competition that makes the club attractive to so many bodyboarders, young and old. GCBC hosts a range of social activities throughout the year including weekend surf camps, which are a club speciality, and movie nights. The club will host its 2014 sign-on day from 1–4pm (Qld time) on March 1 at the Bodyboaders Surf Co, Coolangatta store. Coaching and development sessions are on offer for all ages of guys and girls that cover all aspects of bodyboarding from the very basic to aerial moves, fitness and wellbeing, to competition strategy and self-promotion

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be back on side’, he says. ‘You also only get six tackles.’ ‘With union you can tackle the ball player and you don’t have to come back the ten meters and you can get as many tackles as you want.’ Nathan has in the past played both codes over the space of one season but this winter will stick to league, his prefered code. ‘I reckon union is harder. But league is

more fun.’ Getting rugby terminology right is important if you don’t want to upset the humans. Newbies (mostly Victorians like moi) still have trouble getting it right and to be honest it did take me a while, so last week I asked Video Pete to put pen to paper to write it in English as if we were all 9-years-olds. And he has.

Union versus league Pete Couldwell

There appears to be some confusion around football terminology, particularly in relation to the codes of rugby league and rugby union. Granted, these two codes as well as Australian Rules and soccer are all ‘football’, but some sports fans and new arrivals from the southern states are confused as to the differences inherent in the naming of the two rugby codes. If the word rugby is used on its own, this ALWAYS refers to rugby union. If the word union is used on its own

it means the same – rugby union. Rugby league is rugby league or sometimes just plain league: end of story. Rugby league is NEVER called rugby without the totally definitive addition of ‘league’. Simple as that. Okay, rugby league is also the ‘footie as is rugby union’. So too is Aussie Rules. QUESTION: Do Soccer fans ever refer to their game as footie? Football yes, footie perhaps not. Anyway the beat goes on and bring on March 7! Q Ed – I hope we are all clear now. Any questions?

Speaking of league…

Bodyboarders fly like ducks

A little out of our range, I couldn’t resist adding this notice to our sport section this week, just so I had an excuse to publish this awesome photo of Jarrah Hamlin taken by Shane Griffiths. Queensland’s longest running bodyboarding club – the Gold Coast Bodyboard Club (GCBC) – has a rich competition history that has helped launch the successful professional careers of some of the sport’s biggest names, including Dave Winchester, Joe Clarke, Tom Rigby and Matt Lackey. GCBC also lays claim as one of Australia’s most successful clubs in 2013 producing three Australian champions.

still a source of animosity until recent times when humans realised that now they get two sports to enjoy. I spoke to a league-unionist over the weekend. Nathan Nicholls has been playing football for many years. ‘I have played league all my life’, says Nathan. ‘But union I have only played for eight years. Personally, I do enjoy league more.’ Nathan says that in union he plays as a fly half, scram half or wing and in league he plays as hooker or centre. People’s attitudes have changed and Nathan now slips seamlessly between codes and says players at all of his clubs have no qualms with his switching from one to the other. Fortunately, the local comps usually see union on a Saturday and league on a Sunday which in the past meant he could play both. Nathan says he sees the main difference as the tackling and the 10-metre rule. ‘With league, once you make a tackle, if there are more than three people, one has to go back the ten metres to

to take you and your riding to the next level in state, national and international bodyboarding. The club is run by passionate volunteers, riders and parents, and is open to guys and girls of all ages and abilities. You don’t need to be a pro to join the club; just go and enjoy the excitement that bodyboarding has to offer and the long-lasting friendships that can form by being part of Queensland’s premier bodyboarding club. Annual competitor membership is $125, while social membership is just $30. For further details call new club president Luke Jackson on 0411 796 131.

A Giants clash with the Murwillumbah Mustangs in 2013. Photo Eve Jeffery.

There are changes aplenty out at Les Donnelly Field as the Mullumbimby Giants get set for the 2014 season. The club has a new president in Mitch Lambert and a new board of young enthusiastic players and supporters as well as some longtime members of the club supporting the vision. New coaching and training staff includes Shane Diehm for the firsts and Brian Woods for the reggies. Young Tom McQueen, who is not so young any more (when did that happen?), will be taking care of the under-18s. The lads have had a few great years

of results in the U18s and it should be an exciting year watching them come into the top grade as well as the few new players joining the club. Other training staff include Troy Johnston (last years first grade coach), Glen Godbee (former Giants and NRL player), and Steve Carter (former Penrith Panther and NSW rep). A new major sponsor, the Middle Pub, joins the club’s other major sponsors: the Brunswick Hotel, the Billinudgel Hotel, Hazel Brothers, McGuiness Funerals, Eagle Insurance and A D & K S Smith Excavating.

The club’s first trial is against Byron Bay on March 8 at Mullumbimby. The Giants have also started a new social membership opportunity for supporters, costing $110 or $100 for leagues club members. Social membership includes entry to all home games, supporter polo shirt and a stubby cooler. On March 23 the club will have a major fundraiser at the Ocean Shores Country Club as a 4-man Ambrose from 1pm with $1,000s in prizes. For more information about any of the activities at the club, visit: www.mullumbimbygiants.com.

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Stephen Gort: not a long way from there to here

Margaret Gort told The Echo in October 2007 ithat she was the biggest fan of son Stephen was goong to give all she could to get him to Texas – Photo Eve Jeffery

We first saw Stephen Gort on the pages of The Echo as a junior player off to Texas in 2007 – ‘Eighteen year old

Mullum-ite Stephen Gort has been impelled to play tennis ever since he experienced it first hand as a seven year old.’

Stephen’s grandmother had signed him up for a tennis coaching camp and the rest, as they say, is history. All those years ago, Stephen was a member of the Mullumbimby Tennis Club and felt he had been supported wonderfully over his short career. He had special thanks for the president of the club Greg Southern. Stephen made the trip overseas and has now come full circle in his tennis career. A tour player and now a Mullumbimby coach, Steve has been elected president of the Mullum Tennis Club, in a move outgoing president Steve Johnstone welcomed as a ‘rejuvenation’ of the club. ‘Steve Gort is a young local player who made it well into the top 100 in Australia, and is an experienced coach whose abilities will complement those of resident coach Justin De Candia’, said the outgoing Steve. Incoming Steve said that he was, ‘pleased to be leading the club where I started play-

ing as a boy.’ ‘I want to help people to lift the standard of their tennis if they want, but I also want people to enjoy their tennis as much as possible, as tennis is a great social game’, he said. The club runs ladies’, men’s and mixed competitions at

night, as well as hosting social tennis on the weekends and offering junior and adult tennis coaching. To encourage new players, Steve will be holding an adult tennis clinic 11am-1pm this Saturday March 1 at the courts (next to the netball

courts at the end of Byron St Mullumbimby) for men and women, all levels welcome $10 for 2 hours. Ph Steve 0412 731 814 or email gort@westnet.com.au. Who knows, someone reading this may be the next ‘Stephen Gort’.

Things have gone full circle as Stephen, pictured recently with Louis Clark, is now the guiding light for other players young and old. Photo Eve Jeffery

NRL makes a record investment in rugby league The NRL will invest more than $200 million in the development of rugby league over four years after securing the broadcast rights deal plus delivering increases in sponsorship, major game revenue and merchandise sales. After funding and expenses, the NRL delivered a record $49.6 million in the 2013 financial year, including significant revenue growth in both broadcast and central operations. ARLC chairman, Mr John Grant, and NRL chief executive, Mr Dave Smith, today presented the NRL 2013 financial results, which represented a $60 million turnaround from 2012. ‘We have significantly increased our investment in the game following the new broadcast rights deal, with 100 per cent of all revenue generated by the media rights deal invested in the game,’ said Mr Smith. ‘Our nonbroadcast revenue through sponsorship, major game revenue and merchandise covers all central operating expenses – and still generates a surplus, which is reinvested in the game. ‘Our results show that Rugby League is investing more in the game than ever before and is now truly positioned to enter a period of

growth that will make it the strongest and healthiest it has ever been.’ Mr Smith said the NRL would invest in areas that generated strong commercial returns. The NRL is forecasting that more than $200 million will be available for strategic investment in the future of the game, of which $80 million is forecast to be set aside for a ‘sustainability fund’ that is invested to generate a commercial return over the next four years. Like private sector companies, the NRL is creating a reserve to ensure it has financial security to withstand any unforeseen events. The NRL’s goal is for non-broadcast revenue to double over the next four years. In addition, at least $120 million will be put into a ‘growth fund’ over four years to be used to invest directly in the strategic priorities of the game from grassroots to NRL clubs, fans and members, stadiums and infrastructure, and commercial operations that generate more returns for investment. The $120 million will be spent on football and participation, fans and members and financial sustainability and governance. ARLC chairman, Mr John

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Grant, said 2013 had delivered a solid injection to the growth fund and, as this was invested over time, it would ensure Rugby League has a sustainable foundation from which it can continue to evolve as the most dynamic and exciting sport in Australia. ‘We set out as a commission to create a financial base that, if invested wisely, could make a real and long-term difference to Rugby League,’ he said. ‘In 2014 and beyond, we will work with our clubs, state leagues and affiliates to apply the funds in ways that meet the game’s strategic priorities.’ Mr Smith said strategic investments were already being made in the game. More than $4 million has already been spent on a membership drive and player education and welfare in the three months since the end of the 2013 financial year (October 31). And a further $30 million has been identified to invest in key programs including activities to create a stronger

fan and membership culture; support for clubs playing in the state leagues, grass roots infrastructure and touch football participation. ‘The $1.2 billion broadcast rights deal, negotiated in 2012, provided the opportunity to fundamentally change the way we operate,’ said Mr Smith. ‘We are using this opportunity to embed a new funding model where all revenue generated by the media rights deal is wholly invested back into the game, and central business expenses are selffunded by non-broadcast revenue. At the same time, we are being disciplined with our costs, especially in relation to staffing and administration. ‘This will continue with the aim of keeping operating cost increases in line with inflation or lower if possible over the next four years.’ Highlights from the 2013 financial results include: • Central revenues of $314 million with increases across both broadcast (up 118%) and central operations (up 16%). Led by 25% increase in sponsorship and 14% in major game revenue. • A higher yield from major events and sponsorship to give the NRL a better

quality income stream. • More than $241 million invested into the game. • $2.2 million investment in new governance measures, including the Integrity Unit, to deliver a state-of-the-art drug testing regimen, policing the NRL rules, and managing the salary cap. • Increase in club funding from $76 million to almost $120 million (up 57%), ensuring that for the first time NRL club funding was greater than the agreed salary cap.

• Increase in funding for state leagues and affiliates to about $17 million (up 18%). • More than $22 million allocated to support grassroots competitions and Rugby League school-based activities. • Stable operating costs achieved despite revenue growth with a two per cent increase in administration costs to $15.7 million plus an extra $2 million in competition, player education and welfare and community costs.

Echo Sport WANTS YOU Yes we are at that time of the year, the summer break is over

SO LET THE GAMES BEGIN! Captains and coaches – if you have a player you would like The Echo to profile, we want to know about them. Send all your sports news, photos and player profile ideas to sport@echo.net.au

SPORTS RESULTS ARE POSTED ONLINE EACH WEEK IN ECHONETDAILY Find them under the Sport menu or go straight to this link:

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Byron Shire Council Notices COUNCIL CONTACT DETAILS Council administration centre Opening hours: Front counter 9.00am to 4.00pm Switchboard: 8.30am to 4.30pm

6626 7000

Email council@byron.nsw.gov.au Web www.byron.nsw.gov.au Emergency after hours 6622 7022 Works Depot 6685 9300 Resident parking stickers Fax: 6684 3018 Sportsﬁeld information line 6626 7111 SES Controller 6684 3444 Rural Fire Service 6684 3662 Myocum Waste & Recycling Centre 6684 1870 BRSCC (Byron Regional Sport and Cultural Complex) 6685 5911 Community Access Points: Documents on exhibition are available for review at the Council Administration Centre (Mullumbimby), Bangalow Post Ofﬁce, Chincogan Real Estate Ocean Shores, Suffolk Beachfront Holiday Park and Brunswick Heads Library.

The following items have now been added to the list of reports being presented to Council. • Mayoral Minute: In principle support for “Future Feeders” • Notice of Motion: South Beach Road, Brunswick Heads To see the full list of items that will be discussed at the meeting, please refer to Council’s block advertising in last week’s Echo, Echonetdaily or go to Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/meetings.

SENIORS WEEK POSITIVE AGEING AWARD Following the success of last year’s Positive Ageing Award, Byron Shire Council is again calling for nominations for the second Positive Ageing Award in the Shire. The Positive Ageing Award was initiated to recognise the importance of a positive philosophy focus towards assisting others in the community and a positive attitude towards ageing. It is important to recognise the work, the passion and the commitment of older people in Byron Shire. Ordinary people sometimes do extraordinary things but they are often unseen and unheard and we miss the opportunity to thank them. If you know someone aged 65 or over who is actively involved in our community, provides a role model to inspire and encourage older people, challenges traditional assumptions about older people, and is making a difference to one person or to a number of people, Council invites you to nominate them for recognition. The Award will be presented at the Mayor’s Morning Tea as just one of the activities being held across the Shire during Seniors Week (15-23 March 2014).

DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS DETERMINED

Byron Regional Sport and Cultural Complex Draft Plan of Management

Section 101 EP&A Act 1979 and Clause 124 EP&A Regulations 2000

Submissions should be in writing and addressed to the General Manager, Byron Shire Council, PO Box 219 Mullumbimby 2482 or sent by email to submissions@byron.nsw.gov.au. Emailed submissions to this address only will be acknowledged.

Enquiries: Greg Ironﬁeld, Manager Sustainable Communities on 02 6626 7000 or greg.ironﬁeld@byron.nsw.gov.au

10.2013.370.1 – BYRON BAY 8 Jonson Street (Lot 1 DP 609483) Change of use of shop to food shop

Please note: The canvassing of Councillors or Council staff in relation to this tender will automatically result in disqualiﬁcation of offending tenderers.

10.2004.236.3 – BYRON BAY 112 Bangalow Road (Lot 1 DP 505064) S96 – to alter bushﬁre protection requirements

Draft Byron Coast Comprehensive Koala Plan of Management

10.2013.619.1 – SKINNERS SHOOT 303 Skinners Shoot Road (Lot 3 DP 252867) Additions to an existing dwelling-house including construction of two expanded house habitable outbuildings and removal of 11 trees

The Draft Byron Coast Comprehensive Koala Plan of Management has been prepared in accordance with State Environmental Planning Policy 44 (Koala Habitat) and aims to enable a long term sustainable future for koala populations in the Byron coastal area.

10.2013.549.1 – MULLUMBIMBY Tuckeroo Avenue (Lot 13 DP 1182245) Subdivision and associated works to create a total of thirty-one (31) residential allotments, a residual allotment, roads, stormwater detention basin, landscaping and related civil infrastructure as Stage 3 of the Tallowood Ridge Estate.

Public information sessions will occur on: • Thursday 20 February 5.30pm at the Council Chambers, Mullumbimby • Wednesday 26 February 5.30pm at the Byron Bay Community Centre Council staff will also have an information tent at: • New Brighton farmers markets on Tuesday 4 March • Mullumbimby farmers markets on Friday 7 March Submissions should be in writing and addressed to the General Manager, Byron Shire Council, PO Box 219 Mullumbimby 2482 or sent by email to submissions@byron.nsw.gov.au. Emailed submissions to this address only will be acknowledged. Submissions close: Friday 21 March 2014 Enquiries: Angus Underwood 02 6626 7000 Submissions will be made public in accordance with Schedule 1 Part 3 Clause 1(a)(vi) within Schedule 5 Part 2 of the GIPA 2009 Regulations as applicable including both the substance of the submission and the identity of the author. For assistance with this please call Council’s Records Coordinator on 02 6626 7113.

WEED CONTROL

Nominations close: Thursday 27 February 2014

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Interim Cleaning Arrangements at Sandhills Early Childhood Centre Council is requesting quotes for cleaning services at Sandhills Early Childhood Centre, 6 Gilmore Crescent, Byron Bay. Documentation and speciﬁcations can be obtained from Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/requests-for-quotation We are looking for dedicated and reliable cleaners who can undertake work at Sandhills between the hours of 6.00pm and 6.00am to ensure the cleanliness of the Centre for weekday operations. The Centre uses only environmentally sustainable products in the interest of the children’s health and wellbeing.

Brunswick Valley Way Tweed Valley Way Coolamon Scenic Drive Mullumbimby Road Ewingsdale Road

Selected weed control will be undertaken on Jubilee Avenue Mullumbimby on the Bamboo stand in the Council reserve, opposite the public swimming pool on Thursday 20 March 2014. Enquiries: Karen Mackay 02 6685 9319

POSITIONS VACANT Traineeship – Childcare Assistant (12 months) 3 positions available $279.50 - $568.70 per week (depending on age and level of schooling attained) See the ad in the Echo Classiﬁeds – page 40

Submissions close: Monday 3 March 2014 Enquiries: Fasha Steen 02 6685 8118 Please note: The canvassing of Council staff or Sandhills staff in relation to this request for quote will automatically result in disqualiﬁcation of offending quoters.

10.2007.84.3 – BYRON BAY 112 Bangalow Road (Lot 1 DP 505064) S96 – to alter bushﬁre protection requirements

The Draft Byron Coast Comprehensive Koala Plan of Management is on exhibition from 11 February 2014 to 21 March 2014 and is available at community access points around the Shire or on Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/public-exhibition.

Weed control spraying will be conducted on Council’s road and footpath network commencing Monday 10 March 2014 to Wednesday 19 March 2014 on the following roads:

REQUEST FOR QUOTES

APPLICATIONS APPROVED

Submissions close: Monday 4.00pm 10 March 2014

The Seniors Week Program and nomination forms for the Seniors Week Positive Ageing Award are available on Council’s website www. byron.nsw.gov.au, community access points and local libraries.

Enquiries: Karen Ingleman on 02 6626 7224 or email karen.ingleman@byron.nsw.gov.au

The following development consents, together with any conditions imposed may be inspected free of charge at Council’s administration centre during ordinary ofﬁce hours. The validity of these consents cannot be questioned in any legal proceeding except those commenced in the Land & Environment Court by any person within 3 months of this notice.

10.2012.397.2 – BANGALOW 15B Riﬂe Range Road (Lot 4 DP 1183811) S96 – use of minor amendments to the dwelling including changing the shed to a bedroom (expanded dwelling)

Thursday 27 February 2014

9.00am – Ordinary Meeting

PUBLIC EXHIBITION

The Byron Regional Sport and Cultural Complex (BRSCC) Draft Plan of Management is on exhibition for a period of 28 days and is available at community access points around the Shire or on Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/public-exhibition.

COUNCIL MEETINGS Council meetings are scheduled to be held at Station Street, Mullumbimby.

www.byron.nsw.gov.au

PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979 Currently there are no Development Applications on Exhibition.

10.2012.613.2 – BYRON BAY 39 Fletcher Street (Lot B DP 302467) Internal and external design modifications (alterations and additions to existing shops and residence) 10.2014.36.1 – MULLUMBIMBY 36 Pine Avenue (Lot 4 DP 247773) Tree removal – six trees 10.2013.630.1 – OCEAN SHORES 107 Orana Road (Lot 364 DP 238451) Proposed deck, swimming pool and 1.8 m high front fence 10.2014.26.1 – MULLUMBIMBY 8 Parakeet Place (Lot 42 DP 1190345) Single storey dwelling 10.2013.612.1 – BANGALOW 10 Ferguson Court (Lot 95 DP 1011009) Two storey dwelling-house, attached garage and swimming pool 10.2013.581.1 – WILSONS CREEK 90 Robinsons Road (Lot 23 DP 862544) Secondary dwelling and carport 10.2014.46.1 – BYRON BAY 19 Banksia Drive (Lot 105 DP 842475) Tree removal – five trees 10.2014.48.1 – BRUNSWICK HEADS 68 Mullumbimbi Street (Lot C DP 354499) Tree removal – one tree 10.2014.47.1 – BRUNSWICK HEADS 25 Mullumbimbi Street (Lot 285 DP 755692) Tree removal – two trees 10.2013.430.2 – NASHUA 604 Lismore Road (Lot 1 DP 857038) S96 – to amend conditions regarding traffic management (Subdivision under SEPP (rural lands) 2008 to create one additional lot) 10.2013.572.1 – MULLUMBIMBY CREEK 77 Frasers Road (Lot 15 DP 828349) Use of and alterations and additions to an existing dwelling-house, use of an existing swimming pool and tree removal (one tree) (including SEPP 1 objections to floor height) 10.2013.432.1 – EWINGSDALE 12 Figtree Court (Lot 10 DP 738059) Secondary dwelling, studio and tree removal (36 trees) 10.2014.5.1 – NASHUA 467 Booyong Road (Lot 2 DP 1066194) Alterations and additions to existing dwelling and construction of a swimming pool 10.2013.556.1 – BYRON BAY 5/1 Border Street (Lot 5 SP 83141) Two storey dwelling

APPLICATIONS REFUSED 10.2013.622.1 – FEDERAL 168 Kings Road (Lot 1 DP 262201) Tree removal – 22 trees

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Comprehensively covering the NSW Far North Coast

NSW love for medium density housing hits record high Demand for medium density* housing hits record high as NSW overtakes Victoria as the state with the largest proportion of medium density housing approvals in Australia,

according to research from Bankwest. The Bankwest Housing Density Report, the latest addition to the Bankwest Financial Indicator Series, revealed that over the past year

NSW accounted for 34 per cent of all approvals nationally for medium density dwellings, while Victoria’s proportion fell to 30.1 per cent. Close to one in three (31 per

Chinese touch to new development Most of the recent news is about Chinese investors dominating new home sales but Chinese Australians are also a prominent force in real estate, having an influence on development design. One such example is the Chinese symbol for good luck and opportunity showcased in gold on the façade of a new property development in Doncaster East in Victoria. Ray White Manningham’s Samantha Marsh said the developers, Adepto Corporation, designed the digital mosaic in consultation with Manningham City Council to reflect the growing multicultural diversity in Doncaster East.

‘The Australian Bureau of Statistics found 36.5 per cent of Manningham residents were born overseas with 7.9 per cent of households speaking Cantonese at home and 6.2 per cent Mandarin,’ says Samantha.

According to Australianbased Chinese language real estate website ACproperty. com.au, Doncaster is identified as the second most searched suburb in Victoria behind Melbourne CBD.

cent) dwellings in NSW are now units, townhouses or semi-detached properties. This is the highest proportion in Australia and well above the national average (24.7 per cent). ‘There is a long-term trend of increasing housing density in NSW which over the past 20 years has risen steadily to this year’s record high,’ said Bankwest executive general manager, retail, Mark Reid. ‘The trend is pronounced in Sydney with the capital contributing an incredible 90.7 per cent of NSW’s total medium density housing

approvals for units, townhouses *Medium density in this context and similar dwellings in the last refers to units, townhouses and 12 months.’ semi-detached houses. Capital cities account for 87.1 per cent of the total medium density approvals in the past 12 months, with regional areas making up the remaining 12.9 per cent.

More detailed analysis, data and tables are contained within the Bankwest Housing Density Report February 2014, which is available at www.bankwest.com.au.

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Architect designed with stunning views 277 Cowlong Road, McLeans Ridges. Striking contemporary home on 1.369 hectares Designed by Sydney architect Ridley Smith Stunning views over the valley with peace and quiet 4 bedroom home with additional study/media room Spacious open plan living and entertainers kitchen with views

Tallowood Ridge Mullumbimby Stage 3 approved by Council Cats and dogs permitted From $219,000 for 677m² 0421 597170 tallowoodridge.com

2 separate living zones provide options for the family Solar hot water and electricity plus 1000 litres bore water daily Auction 5.30pm March 19 at Lennox Hotel Function Room. Contact Lois Buckett 0428 877 399, Mark Kinneally 0429 868 001.

Absolute Beachfront Byron On Tallow Beach this 2 bedroom Currently with a $50k income approx beach cottage is the most affordable with potential to improve increase beachfront property in the area. Fully with renovation. furnished and in good condition, Price $695,000. Set on approx. 800m² in a tranquil, leafy Call Ben on 0426 841 140. setting this is the way Byron used to be. $695,000 Rare opportunity and won’t last long.

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Don’t Rent It , Own It! Stylish And Versatile 1/12 Tasman Way, Byron Bay. Home and practice Professional rooms Full insulation throughout Front position in complex Fully air conditioned Internet throughout

Sound proofed walls Auction 11am onsite March 8. Agent Neil Cameron, 0419 274 798, ncameron.byronbay@ljh.com.au

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Miss Out And You Will Kick Yourself

15 Glendale Crescent, Ocean Shores. Price only $420,000. Live in or invest in the downsizer now View By Appointment. Quiet Crescent with no through traffic Contact Andrew on 1300 002 003. 618m2 level block in sunny North facing location Reserve park at rear with stroll to tennis courts and golf course

Shop 2/53 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby (Mokea Designs). Last remaining strata titled shop unit Funky retail space in popular area Polished concrete floor, high ceilings, exposed brickwork Rear lane access, rare 2+ offstreet parking

Solid investment in our growing town, flexible settlement View By Appointment Price $390,000. Contact Andrew 1300 002 003. For more info www.propertyspot.com.au.

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16 Lilli Pilli Drive, Byron Bay 3

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1/52 Lawson Street, Byron Bay Interest Over $695,000

Unique and stylish architecturally designed pavilion home on 739m2 DA approved plans for an additional dwelling Maximise your income potential in this quiet and private pocket of Byron Walking distance to Tallow Beach and 3km to the centre of town

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Auction Interest Over $799,000

Interstate owner must sell on or before auction! In a small complex of only 5 apartments across from Clarkes Beach 104m2 internally plus 47m2 covered outdoor areas and 16m2 car space 2 bedrooms plus a large study and 2 bathrooms

Open: Saturday, 1 March 2014 12.00–12.30pm Enquiries: Tara Torkkola 0423 519 698

Open: Saturday, 1 March 2014 11.00–11.30am Auction: Saturday, 29 March 2014, 10.30am Onsite Enquiries: Tara Torkkola 0423 519 698 James Young 0419 856 840

4/34 Kendall Street, Byron Bay

2/51 Julian Rocks Drive, Byron Bay

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Interest Over $679,000

Ground ﬂoor unit situated only moments to Main Beach Lifestyle plus income – 8.05% gross Solid double brick construction Private, freshwater pool in complex

Open: Saturday, 8 March 2014 1.00–1:30pm Enquiries: Helen Huntly-Barratt 0412 332 232

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Interest Over $425,000

Freestanding Strata Titled home – no strata fees Private and quiet backing onto leafy reserve with gate access Recently renovated including new kitchen, new bathroom, paint, carpet First home buyers and investors, close to town, beach and IGA

Open: Saturday, 1 March 2014 9:00–9:30am Enquiries: Tara Torkkola 0423 519 698

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6685 8466 35 Fletcher Street, Byron Bay

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18 Caniaba Crescent, Suffolk Park

Interest Over $689,000

Townhouse - central town with peace and privacy Low maintenance yard on two sides plus covered patio Two separate living rooms, quality ﬁnishes and appliances A few minutes’ walk to shops, restaurants and Main Beach

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Interest Over $699,000

Spacious and stylish 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom home on 748sqm block Located in a quiet and elevated street of Baywood Chase Open plan lounge/dining area and large modern kitchen Timber desk overlooking the pool with hinterland views

Open: Saturday, 1 March 2014 1.00–1.30pm Enquiries: Su Reynolds 0428 888 660

Open: By Appointment Enquiries: Su Reynolds 0428 888 660

92 Broken Head Road, Newrybar

3 Fern Place, Suffolk Park

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Interest Over $1,100,000

Luxurious renovated house plus separate guest residence Multiple living areas, parquetry ﬂoors, raked ceilings Exquisite kitchen and bathrooms with high end ﬁnishes 7282m2, pool, minutes to Bangalow and Broken Head Walk to Harvest Cafe

Open: Saturday, 1 March 2014 10.00 –10.30am Auction: Saturday, 5 April 2014 10:00am Onsite Enquiries: Su Reynolds 0428 888 660 Tara Torkkola 0423 519 698

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Interest Over $795,000

Generous, spacious and light Perfect for families and entertaining Renovated kitchen and bathroom Internal access from two large lock up garages

Open: Enquiries:

Saturday, 1 March 2014 12.00–12.30pm Su Reynolds 0428 888 660

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AUCTION SATURDAY

Billinudgel 7 Bonanza Drive LOT 1, 2, 3 AND 4 ROUNDHOUSE PLACE, OCEAN SHORES

AUCTION THIS SATURDAY at the Ocean Shores Country Club 2pm 1st March, 2014 Don’t miss out on the action this Saturday... make sure that you are at our Auction. You will never find another group of exclusive building sites like this in the centre of Ocean Shores, whose magnificent vistas will inspire your imagination. This site is a blank canvas, so the sky is the limit, and so will be the potential to build your dream home with confidence and style. Professionals Brunswick Heads, Ocean Shores and Mullumbimby are proud to be the marketing agents for the prestigious Roundhouse site development.

Brunswick Heads 0266 851 839

Ocean Shores 0266 804 777

Mullumbimby 0266 842 615

Approved three units and manager’s residence Level 1000sqm, ready to build on in a prime business precinct and access to the Pacific Highway. This site is one of the last remaining lots this close to Byron Bay. DA approved for three industrial units and manager’s residence, this unique offering offers endless opportunity and incomes. Make no mistake, the vendors have committed themselves to sell and this property will be sold. Land 1000sqm: DA unit 1 – 191sqm, DA unit 2 – 150sqm, DA unit 3 – 145.7sqm including manager’s residence.

• Fully fenced • Flood free • 9 carparks. • Access to Pacific Highway & Gold Coast/ Brisbane Airport.

Auction 10.30am on site 1 March Contact Liam Annesley 0417 780 795 Neil Cameron 0419 274 798

LJ Hooker Byron Bay 6685 7300

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South Golden Beach 16 Peter Street

AUCTION - Beachside Town Houses Rare 2 x 2 bedroom town house with balconies Stroll to the beach Ideal investment strong capital growth area Permanent, holiday let or live in and rent one Owner has purchased in Sydney and needs a sale.

Auction 11.30am March 1, 2014 at the Brunswick Heads RSL Auxiliary Hall View Thursday 11.00 – 11.30am Contact Peter Browning 0411 801 795 LJ Hooker Brunswick Heads 02 6685 0177

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SCOTT HARVEY

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Rosebank

Auction Price Guide $1,235,000 – $1,295,000

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Fernleigh

Price Guide $985,000 – $1,065,000

GONE WITH THE WIND 397 Rosebank Road

PRIVATE 25 ACRE ESTATE 399 Fernleigh Road

ŶũŽǇ ůƵǆƵƌǇ ƌƵƌĂů ůŝǀŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐ ďĞĂƵƟ ĨƵůůǇ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ͕ ϴ ǇĞĂƌ ŽůĚ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ YƵĞĞŶƐůĂŶĚĞƌͲĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ŚŽŵĞƐƚĞĂĚ ŽŶ Ϯϱ ĂĐƌĞƐ͕ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ ǁŝĚĞ͕ ǁƌĂƉ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ǀĞƌĂŶĚĂŚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇƐŝĚĞ ǀŝĞǁƐ͘ zŽƵ ǁŝůů ůŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ĂƌĞĂƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝŐŚ ĐĞŝůŝŶŐƐ͕ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ ĂŶĚ ĚŝŶŝŶŐ͕ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ Ɛŝƫ ŶŐ ĂŶĚ ds ĂƌĞĂ͕ ƚŚĞ ďůĂĐŬďƵƩ Ɵ ŵďĞƌ Ň ŽŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ϱ ƐƉĂĐŝŽƵƐ ďĞĚƌŽŽŵƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐƚĞƌ ĞŶũŽǇŝŶŐ ĞŶƐƵŝƚĞ ďĂƚŚƌŽŽŵ ĂŶĚ ŐĞŶĞƌŽƵƐ ǁĂůŬͲŝŶ ƌŽďĞ͘ &ƌĞŶĐŚ ĚŽŽƌƐ ůĞĂĚ ƚŽ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ĚĞĐŬ ĨƌŽŵ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƌŽŽŵ ĂŶĚ ĚŽǁŶƐƚĂŝƌƐ Žī ĞƌƐ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ƌƵŵƉƵƐͬŐĂŵĞƐ ƌŽŽŵ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞůĨͲĐŽŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ ĂƌĞĂ͕ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĨŽƌ ĨĂŵŝůǇ Žƌ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůǇ ŽŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƐǇ ĐĂƌĞ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ͘ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ͕ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ϯ ďĞĚ͕ ϭ ďĂƚŚ͕ ŐĂƚĞŚŽƵƐĞ ĐŽƩ ĂŐĞ Žī ĞƌƐ Ă ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŝŶĐŽŵĞ͘ ϮϬϬ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ůŝŵĞ ƚƌĞĞƐ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ƐŵĂůů ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ͘

ĚƌŝǀĞ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚĞůŝŐŚƞ Ƶů ƚƌĞĞͲůŝŶĞĚ ĚƌŝǀĞǁĂǇ͕ ůĞĂĚƐ ǇŽƵ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ͕ ƐƉĂĐŝŽƵƐ͕ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ƌĞŶŽǀĂƚĞĚ͕ ƚĂƐƚĞĨƵů ϰ ďĞĚƌŽŽŵ͕ Ϯ ďĂƚŚƌŽŽŵ ŚŽŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ƐƚƵĚǇͬŽĸ ĐĞ ĂǁĂŝƚƐ ǇŽƵ͘ zŽƵ ǁŝůů ůŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ Ăůů ǁŚŝƚĞ͕ ůŝŐŚƚ Į ůůĞĚ͕ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ĐŚĞĨ͛Ɛ ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌǇ ƐŵĂƌƚ ďĂƚŚƌŽŽŵƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ϰ ůĂƌŐĞ ďĞĚƌŽŽŵƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ Ϯ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ĂƌĞĂƐ ďŽƚŚ ǁŝƚŚ Į ƌĞƉůĂĐĞƐ͕ ŝŶ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ ƉŽŽů ĂŶĚ ůƵƐĐŝŽƵƐ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚƐ͘ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ƚǁŽͲƐƚŽƌĞǇ͕ ƐĞůĨͲĐŽŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ͕ ƉĞƌŵĂŶĞŶƚ ĐƌĞĞŬ ĨƌŽŶƚĂŐĞ͕ ǁĞůůͲĨĞŶĐĞĚ ůĞǀĞů ƉĂĚĚŽĐŬƐ͕ ĨƌƵŝƚ ŽƌĐŚĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ ůĂƌŐĞ ƐŚĞĚ͕ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ĞŶŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚǇ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ŚŽŵĞƐƚĞĂĚ ŝƐ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŽ Ă ƐĐŚŽŽů͕ ϭϯ ŵŝŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂĐŚ ĂŶĚ ϭϬ ŵŝŶ ƚŽ ĂŶŐĂůŽǁ͘ ŽŶ͛ƚ ŵŝƐƐ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ ŝŶƐƉĞĐƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŐĞŵ͊

ƵĐƟ ŽŶ ŽŶƐŝƚĞ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ DĂƌĐŚ Ϯϵ͕ ϮϬϭϰ

ƵĐƟ ŽŶ ϭϮƉŵ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ Ɖƌŝů ϱ͕ ϮϬϭϰ

^ĐŽƩ ,ĂƌǀĞǇ ϬϰϭϮ Ϯϵϲ ϴϳϮ ƐĂůĞƐΛƐĐŽƩ ŚĂƌǀĞǇƌĞĂůĞƐƚĂƚĞ͘ĐŽŵ͘ĂƵ

Op en Sa tur da y1 0-1 1a m

Bangalow

Price guide $745.000 – $785.000

RURAL MEETS TOWN ϴ WĂůŵ >ŝůǇ ƌĞƐĐĞŶƚ >ĞǀĞů ϮϰϰϲŵϮ ďůŽĐŬ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐ ĚĞůŝŐŚƞ Ƶů ϯ ďĞĚ͕ Ϯ ďĂƚŚ͕ ůĂƌŐĞ ƐƚƵĚǇ ŚŽŵĞ͘ ^Ž ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ͕ ǇĞƚ ƐŽ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ ŽĨ ĂŶŐĂůŽǁ͘ ,ŝŐŚ ĐĞŝůŝŶŐƐ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŝĚĞ Ɵ ŵďĞƌ Ň ŽŽƌďŽĂƌĚƐ ĂŶĚ ŐĞŶĞƌŽƵƐ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ͘ dŚĞ ďĞĚƌŽŽŵƐ ĞŶũŽǇ ďƵŝůƚͲŝŶ ƌŽďĞƐ͕ ĐĞŝůŝŶŐ ĨĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ĂďƵŶĚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ůŝŐŚƚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǁĂůŬͲŝŶ ƌŽďĞ ĂŶĚ ĞŶƐƵŝƚĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ͘ KƉĞŶ ƉůĂŶ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƵƉĞƌď ŐĂƐ ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ͘ tŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ŶŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ ǀŝĞǁƐ͕ Ă ǀĞŐŝĞ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞĞŬ ĂƐ ǇŽƵƌ ďŽƵŶĚĂƌǇ͕ ƉůƵƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƌŽŽŵ ĨŽƌ Ă ƉŽŽů͘ KƚŚĞƌ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ǁŝĚĞ ǀĞƌĂŶĚĂŚƐ͕ ŐĂǌĞďŽ͕ ůĂƌŐĞ ĚŽƵďůĞ ŐĂƌĂŐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƵƚŽ ĚŽŽƌƐ͕ ďŝŐ ǁŽƌŬďĞŶĐŚ͕ ƵŶĚĞƌ ŚŽƵƐĞ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ͕ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ƐŚĞĚ͕ ŵĂƚƵƌĞ ǁĞůů ŬĞƉƚ͕ ĞĂƐǇ ĐĂƌĞ ŐĂƌĚĞŶƐ͕ ƐŽůĂƌ ŚĞĂƟ ŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƐƵůĂƟ ŽŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ͘

ƵĐƟ ŽŶ ŽŶƐŝƚĞ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ DĂƌĐŚ ϮϮ͕ ϮϬϭϰ

^ĐŽƩ ,ĂƌǀĞǇ ϬϰϭϮ Ϯϵϲ ϴϳϮ ƐĂůĞƐΛƐĐŽƩ ŚĂƌǀĞǇƌĞĂůĞƐƚĂƚĞ͘ĐŽŵ͘ĂƵ

Rosebank Richmond Hill

SMALL ACREAGE, AMAZING VIEWS 247 Richmond Hill Road dŚŝƐ ŚƵŐĞ͕ ƐŽůŝĚ͕ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ŚŽŵĞ ŽŶ ϰϳϲϬ ƐƋƵĂƌĞ ŵĞƚƌĞƐ ŽĨ ƵƐĞĂďůĞ ůĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ ǀŝĞǁƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ EŝŐŚƚ ĂƉ ƌĂŶŐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǇƌŽŶ ŚŝŶƚĞƌůĂŶĚ͕ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĚƌĂƐƟ ĐĂůůǇ ƌĞĚƵĐĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĞĞƚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ͘ ŽĂƐƟ ŶŐ ĂŶ ĂƐͲŶĞǁ ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŐƌĂŶŝƚĞ ďĞŶĐŚ ƚŽƉ͕ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ƐƚĂŝŶůĞƐƐ ĂƉƉůŝĂŶĐĞƐ͕ ƉŽůŝƐŚĞĚ Ɵ ŵďĞƌ Ň ŽŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ĚŽǁŶƐƚĂŝƌƐ ƌƵŵƉƵƐ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚǇ ǀĞƌǇ ĂƩ ƌĂĐƟ ǀĞ͘ dŚĞ ƚŚŝƌĚ ŐĂƌĂŐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŝĚĞ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ĂůůŽǁƐ ŚƵŐĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟ Ăů ĨŽƌ Ă ƐŚĞĚ Žƌ ǁŽƌŬ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŽŵĞ͕ ďƵǇĞƌ͊

KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ &ĞďƌƵĂƌǇ ϮϮ ϭϬĂŵ ʹ ϭϭ͘ϬϬĂŵ

Gary Walsh ϬϰϭϮ ϴϴϬ ϳϰϰ ŐĂƌǇΛƐĐŽƩ ŚĂƌǀĞǇƌĞĂůĞƐƚĂƚĞ͘ĐŽŵ͘ĂƵ

$449,000

PRIVACY & VALUE! ‘EARTH SONG’ ϭϵϮ ŵĞƌƐŽŶ ZŽĂĚ /ŵŵĞƌƐĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůƵƐŚ ŚŝůůƐ ŽĨ ZŽƐĞďĂŶŬ͕ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ĚĞůŝŐŚƞ Ƶů ϯ ďĞĚƌŽŽŵ͕ Ɵ ŵďĞƌ ŚŽŵĞ ŝŶ ƐƵƉĞƌď ƌĞƉĂŝƌ ŽŶ ϭϮ ĂĐƌĞƐ͘ zŽƵ ǁŝůů ůŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŶƋƵŝůŝƚǇ͕ ĂďƵŶĚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ǁŝůĚůŝĨĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƌƵƌĂů ǀŝĞǁƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƌŽŽŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚŽŵĞ͘ ŶũŽǇ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌƐŝǌĞĚ ǀĞƌĂŶĚĂƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ Ă ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ŽƵƚĚŽŽƌ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ͕ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂů ŚŝŐŚ ƌĂŬĞĚ ĐĞŝůŝŶŐƐ͕ ůĂƌŐĞ ĨƵŶĐƟ ŽŶĂů ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŐƌĂŶŝƚĞ ďĞŶĐŚĞƐ͕ ƐƉĂĐŝŽƵƐŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ŐŽŽĚ ĐƌŽƐƐ ǀĞŶƟ ůĂƟ ŽŶ͕ ĐƌĞĂƟ ŶŐ Ă ǁĂƌŵ ĂŶĚ ŝŶǀŝƟ ŶŐ ƐƚǇůĞ ŽĨ ůŝǀŝŶŐ͘ KƚŚĞƌ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ͕ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ĚĂŵ͕ ĞŶŽƌŵŽƵƐ ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ ƌĂŝŶĨŽƌĞƐƚ ƚƌĞĞƐ͕ Ă ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ůƵƐŚ ĂŶĚ ƵƐĞĂďůĞ ŽƉĞŶ ƉĂĚĚŽĐŬƐ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƐǇ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ͘ >ŽĐĂů ƐƚŽƌĞ Θ ĐĂĨĞͬŐĂůůĞƌǇ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ĂǁĂǇ͘

$545.000 Sa tur Op da en y3 .30 -4p m

KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ &ĞďƌƵĂƌǇ ϮϮ ϯ͘ϯϬƉŵ ʹ ϰƉŵ ƵĐƟ ŽŶ ŽŶƐŝƚĞ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ DĂƌĐŚ ϮϮ͕ ϮϬϭϰ

^ĐŽƩ ,ĂƌǀĞǇ ϬϰϭϮ Ϯϵϲ ϴϳϮ ƐĂůĞƐΛƐĐŽƩ ŚĂƌǀĞǇƌĞĂůĞƐƚĂƚĞ͘ĐŽŵ͘ĂƵ

www.scottharveyrealestate.com.au 50 February 25, 2014 The Byron Shire Echo

Byron Shire Echo archives: www.echo.net.au

skillion roof outdoor entertainment patio • Open plan kitchen, dining and living, raked ceilings, air-con • Spacious master bedroom airy light, air-conditioned with walk through robe and ensuite • Low maintenance gardens on large fully fenced 927.8m2 level block • Great location at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac • Minutes from town, short walk to sports fields and Brunswick River

Inspect: Saturday 12.00pm – 1.00pm Address: 9 Botanic Court, Mullumbimby Price: $595,000 Contact: Paul Eatwell 0414 466 111 TEYP$TVSQYPPYQ GSQ EY

Sa OP tu E N rd H ay O 1– ME 2p m

• Perfect north east aspect living, in-ground saltwater pool,

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Sa OP tu E N rd H ay O 12 ME –1 pm

mullumbimby – bangalow

HUONBROOK

If you have been searching for the right property at the right price then add this to your “must see” list! With an exciting interstate job opportunity on offer this delightful property is to be sold. If you thought an acreage lifestyle property was out of your reach, think again. This delightful modern home sits on 1.1ha (approx 2.5 acres). The current owners are ready to make the selling decision on auction day. This will be the hottest auction that we have seen in a long long time.

6684 2615

59 Burringbar St, Mullumbimby

Disregard any and all former pricing – Auction day is sale day!! Inspect: Saturday 1.00pm – 2.00pm Address: 130 Mill Road, Huonbrook Auction: Saturday 1pm March 22nd Contact: Fiona Crandell 0400 418 886 ½ SRE$TVSQYPPYQ GSQ EY

www.professionalsmullumbimby.com.au

OPEN FOR INSPECTIONS ELDERS BANGALOW 9 George Street, Bangalow. Sat 11am-12pm

LJ HOOKER BRUNSWICK HEADS 16 Peter St, South Golden Beach. Thu 11-11.30am

LJ HOOKER BYRON BAY Figtree Fields, Ewingsdale. Daily 10-12.00am 3/34 Kendall Street, Byron Bay. Sat 5-5.30pm 21 Fig Tree Lane, Myocum. Thu 5-5.30pm 1/12 Tasman Way, Byron Bay. Sat 11-11.30am 1/60 Lawson Street, Byron Bay. Sat 11-11.30am 31 Preston Lane, Tyagarah. Sat 12-12.30pm 3/34 Kendall Street, Byron Bay. Sat 1-1.30pm 4/20 Mackay Street, Byron Bay. Check byronbay.ljhooker.com.au for time 119 Piccadilly Hill, Coopers Shoot. Check byronbay.ljhooker.com.au for time

FIRST NATIONAL BYRON BAY 1/5 Byron Street, Lennox Head. Wed & Fri 4-4.30pm 2/51 Julian Rocks Drive, Byron Bay. Sat 9-9.30am 92 Broken Head Road, Newrybar. Sat 10-10.30am 90 McGettigans Lane, Ewingsdale. Sat 10.30-11am 77 Massinger Street, Byron Bay. Sat 11-11.30am 1/52 Lawson Street, Byron Bay. Sat 11-11.30am House 5/1 Orara Court, Byron Bay. Sat 11-11.30am

3 Fern Place, Suffolk Park. Sat 12-12.30pm 15 Tamarind Court, Suffolk Park. Sat 12-12.30pm 16 Lilli Pilli Drive, Byron Bay. Sat 12-12.30pm 18/6-8 Browning Street, Byron Bay. Sat 1-1.30pm 3/37 Childe Street, Byron Bay. Sat 1-1.30pm 5/35 Childe Street, Byron Bay. Sat 1-1.30pm 162 Alcorn Street, Suffolk Park. Sat 1-1.30pm

SCOTT HARVEY REAL ESTATE

RAY WHITE BYRON BAY

247 Richmond Hill Road, Richmond Hill. Sat 10-11am 399 Fernleigh Road, Fernleigh. Sat 11-11.30am 397 Rosebank Road, Rosebank. Sat 12.30-1.30pm 143 Arthur Road, Corndale. Sat 2-2.30pm 192 Emerson Road, Rosebank. Sat 3.30-4pm

PROFESSIONALS MULLUMBIMBY

AUCTIONS

Auction 9am onsite Saturday March 1 14 Brooklet Road, Newrybar Auction 10am onsite Saturday March 8 7/5-9 Somerset Street, Byron Bay Auction 3pm onsite Saturday March 15 21 Fig Tree Lane, Myocum Auction 3pm onsite Saturday March 22 429 Wilsons Creek Road, Wilsons Creek

9 Botanic Court, Mullumbimby. Sat 12-1pm 130 Mill Road, Huonbrook. Sat 1-2pm

BANGALOW REAL ESTATE & BYRON

SCOTT HARVEY REAL ESTATE

ELDERS BANGALOW

732 Koonorigan Road, The Channon. Sat 12-1pm

Auctions 6pm Saturday February 27 in our rooms 30 Granuaille Road, Bangalow 2 Hanlon Court, Bangalow

RAINE&HORNE BYRON BAY

LJ HOOKER BRUNSWICK HEADS

7 Pepperbush Street, Suffolk Park. Sat 11-11.30am

Auction 11.30am Saturday March 1 at the Brunswick Heads RSL Auxiliary Hall 16 Peter Street, South Golden Beach

HINTERLAND PROPERTIES

RAY WHITE BYRON BAY 1 Tristania Place, Byron Bay. Wed & Sat 11-11.30am 7/5-9 Somerset Street, Byron Bay. Thu & Sat 1.30-2pm 13/5-9 Somerset St, Byron Bay. Thu & Sat 1.30-2pm 21 Fig Tree Lane, Myocum. Thu 5-5.30pm 14 Brooklet Road, Newrybar. 8.30am-9am 93 Bangalow Road, Byron Bay. 11am-11.30am 4/26 Beech Drive, Suffolk Park. 12pm-12.30pm 429 Wilsons Creek Road, Wilsons Creek. 3pm-3.30pm

LJ HOOKER BYRON BAY Auction 10.30am onsite Saturday February 1 7 Bonanza Drive, Billinudgel

FIRST NATIONAL BYRON BAY Auction 11am onsite Saturday March 1 90 McGettigans Lane, Ewingsdale

Auction 12pm onsite Saturday March 29 397 Rosebank Road, Rosebank Auction 12pm onsite Saturday April 5 399 Fernleigh Road, Fernleigh

NEW LISTINGS RAY WHITE BYRON BAY • 429 Wilsons Creek Road, Wilsons Creek. Auction. 3 bed home on 2 acres with stunning views.

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It’s not all singing around the piano for older folk. Byron Bay media personality, Mick O’Regan, recently hosted a virtual social chat club for seniors as part of a pilot program initiated by Feros Care’s ‘telehealth monitoring service’, My Health Clinic At Home, taking advantage of the national broadband network and Feros Village Byron Bay’s new wireless network. Six seniors took part in the video conference-style virtual chat club, aimed to encourage socially isolated seniors to go online and stay connected. Topics discussed included Making The News – how the new age of information has transformed journalism, public knowledge, privacy and secrecy, and The Sporting Life – a lively look at the sporting world and the ups and downs of participation. ‘Smart Home’ technologies are part of the services on offer locally: bit.ly/feroslink. Q Q Q Q

The O’Farrell government creating a memorandum of understanding with mining giant Santos to designate the controversial Narrabri gas project in the Pilliga forest a ‘Strategic Energy Project’, without any public input, is further proof that it’s just business as usual in NSW planning laws. Any

Born in Finland on February 23, 1914, Wally Holm moved to Billinudgel when he was seven years old and there he stayed, raising five children. Wally says the biggest improvement in the area is the highway upgrade. The old highway, which is just a dirt road heading south out of Billi, ran past his front doorstep. Wally recently celebrated with friends and family and received letters of congratulations from the Queen, the PM, the governor-general Quentin Bryce, NSW premier Barry O’Farrell and the Finnish consulate, to name a few. See also centenarian Jean Godden in the News pages. Photo Eve Jeffery

so-called community consultation can be avoided to the advantage of vested interests by simply attaching the word ‘strategic’ or ‘special’ to any project. The human need for water and food in order to survive is put in jeopardy by digging through arable land and plunging through water tables. No wonder nswfarmers.org.au have a hotline for their members.

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Further to our photo last week of the Mullumbimby Brunswick Valley Football Club graffiti, we’d like to clarify that the artwork was by Teazer and the project was under the auspices of INTRA Youth Service and NORTEC, with help from volunteers, including the artist. Above is one of Teazer’s works in the Byron Arts & Industry Estate and you can see more of his work at www.teazer.com.au.

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